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THREE SIDED POINTS These eight three sided stemmed points were collected on sites in Panama. William H. Holmes describes these forms of projectile points from an area north of the canal. Three of the points in this picture are flaked on two sides and have a smooth flake surface on the third side. The other five examples are uniformly flaked on all three sides. The flaking is rough and appears to be mainly done with percussion flaking. The larger examples would probably have been used on the ends of spears and thrown with atlatls (spear throwers). The smallest examples may have been used to tip the ends of arrows. Holmes describes the material they are made from as a flinty jasper of reddish and yellowish hues. The points in this picture range in size from 2 1/16 inches (5.2 cm) long to 3 3/4 inches (9.5 cm) long.
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