Have you guys ever found a point and bones in the same area? As if the point used killed the animal they were hunting? I’ve wondered about some of those broken points and if they broke after hitting bone.
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Used to all the time, in certain areas... Yes.
The main reason being that when they had a campsite, they would sit around the fire and eat, and repair shafts/add new points.
Native Americans were VERY superstitious about blood. When a point had drawn blood, it was removed and discarded. That's why you find so many perfect points in Indian camps. (And broken ones... and chipped flint from making new points)
They were so superstitious about blood, that a women on her period was banished to a particular bleeding spot/lodge. They didn't emerge until done. If a woman on her period walked around the camp, and her shadow fell across a male member of the tribe, it was considered very bad medicine. (Or maybe the braves were just smart enough to get shut of them and isolate them during that time of month..? )
