Projectile points were also used as knives, blades or scrapers. Archaic points came in many shapes and sizes. Hardaway Perforating Tool - Perforators were used to punch holes in hides or to drill holes in wood or soft stone to make pipes or atlatl weights. Occasionally made from worn projectile points, they were also made from new stone. Atlatl weights were polished stones attached to the handle of an atlatl to give the hunter more power and better balance when throwing the spear.
Scholars believe bone was used to make similar tools in South Carolina.
However, awls, which were used to sew leather garments, and hairpins are the only bone tools that have been found here. We are not sure why other bone tools have not been discovered. Perhaps some were lost during excavations. It is also possible they were destroyed by the states' acidic soil. Improvements in pottery making and the invention of the bow and arrow distinguish Woodland Indians from their Archaic-period ancestors.