Is this a Arrowhead?

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[jamey]

looks like it has been worked,then tumbled in water for a long time,hard too say if it ever made it to a tool,but id say thats what to look for when looking for artifacts.

 

[jude061]

I'm no expert on the subject by any means, but it does look bifacially worked. the irregular shape (one edge convex, one concave) would lead me to guess that rather than a projectile point it's some sort of cutting implement such as a small knife. We have something similarly shaped, if somewhat larger, in the museum I work at. If I think of it, I'll try to snap a photo of it.

 

[tamrock]

I've always called those a "core" . It is man made IMO and may have had some purpose as a tool. Lithic core - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Ant]

What type of mineral is it? Are the edges razor shape? Where did you find it? Not the exact geographical location but as close as you can without revealing it.

 

[SkaBa]

Very early worked tool, general purpose. Scraper, knife, pounder. But not an arrowhead.

 

[BosnMate]

Keep in mind, if it's an arrowhead, then it has to attach to a very small diameter arrow shaft by cutting a notch in the end. For years I called points "arrow heads," that were way to large
to fit on an arrow. Then I learned there was a spear thrower called an "atl atl, so that leaves your find to be either a small knife or an atl atl point. I agree with the responses above, it's
possibly an atl atl point, more likely a preform/core, or a crude knife/scraper.

 

[THing4CSA]

I think what you have is a hand knife or a scraper. These were more crudely made than an arrowhead.
Growing up in SW Missouri we found several in our front garden that we were told were from the Osage Indians.
I also am no expert but do have an eye for finding Indian artifacts when I am out TH'ing.
Congrats on the find!

 

[Ant]

Or atlatl.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Might be a small scraper but it doesn't look to be an arrow point.

 

[Plug N Play]

Sorry about the TMI to follow.

Everyone is pegging this thing well.
It's near impossible to pigeon hole this, exactly.

It's definitely man made.
It is probably not an arrowhead, for the reasons BosnMate stated.
Everyone wants to call everything an arrowhead, but,
it looks as if the bow and arrow didn't appear in the New World until very late.
If man has been here, say 14,000 yrs. ... the bow and arrow is only, say, 1,300 yrs. (in the New World)

So, these things fall into the general category of "projectile points", ... which is then broken down to spears, atlatls, and arrowheads.

Do you see the one flake scar that runs back and squares off, from the tip ?
It appears newer. Maybe nature somehow forced that over a thousand yrs or so ... maybe someone dropped it on the kitchen floor.
Anyway, that is referred to as an "impact fracture".
We have no way of knowing if this piece was once longer and symmetrical, and used as an atlatl dart point.
They would often suffer impact fractures and be replaced on the shaft.
The damaged pieces could then be resharpened and used as knifes or scrapers, where the symmetry wasn't important.

As it sits, now, I think knife or maybe scraper is the correct call.
But, it may very well have been an atlatl dart point at one time.