Fig. 4: Whale bone harpoon foreshafts and a bevelled projectile point. | Nature Communications

Fig. 4: Whale bone harpoon foreshafts and a bevelled projectile point.

From: Molecular and zooarchaeological identification of 5000 year old whale-bone harpoons in coastal Brazil

Fig. 4: Whale bone harpoon foreshafts and a bevelled projectile point.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

Harpoon foreshafts from Cubatãozinho (A—Col. Tiburtius 4329; B—Col. Lepper 75.12.01), Morro do Ouro (C—Col. Khulhof 72.06.16; D—Col. Tiburtius 4597 A, Cetacean; E—Col. Khulhof 72.06.17, not available for sampling; F—Col. Tiburtius 4215), and Conquista (G—Col. Tiburtius 8273-8062); H—bevelled projectile point with hafting notches from Conquista (Col. Tiburtius 8400); I— depiction of how point H may have been attached to shaft G found at the same site. Photos and illustrations (created using Inkscape 1.2.1) by the authors.

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