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Arrow Tips: These are Woodland, Hopewellian, and Mississippian points. They're true arrowheads. Early collectors thought they used these for small game like birds and gave them the name that collectors still use today, Bird Points. Large points were more likely used as spear tips, dart tips, or as knives. Large and heavy points lost altitude and speed in long range flight. Small thin points worked best for arrows. The new technological development of the bow and arrow in the early Woodland Period greatly increased hunting efficiency. Since game had become smaller, the invention of the bow and arrow made bringing down small & skittish prey all the much easier. An Indians arrow could pierce a Spanish conquistador's armor! Click here for more on bows & arrows.