An atlatl is a device with a handle at one end and a hook at the other. A spear is laid alongside the atlatl with its butt end in the atlatl's hook. It is used as a lever to throw the spear with greater force. Stone awls and drills, stone axes, bone fish hooks, and a variety of other tools are also found at Archaic sites. Some tools were even made of copper.
Native copper requires no smelting, but can be simply pounded into the desired shape.
Turtle shell rattles, bone flutes, charms, and beads indicate a developing ceremonial tradition among Archaic cultures. There are also burial sites where the bodies are arranged in specific positions. Archaic archaeological sites also mark the first appearance of woven mats. Even duck decoys woven from reeds have been found. The first evidence of camps and villages appear during the Archic period.