It’s only about 3 inches which puts it in the projectile point area, and as the story goes they had no metal to make proper weapons so bone was used. I’ve no doubt it’s a projectile point, tribes all over the US have used both bone and antler when needed. I’ve seen many bone, antler and ivory projectile point’s in collections especially from the North West. Whether it was used in battle I’ve no way of knowing and neither do those who found it. One thing I can say about that point is it’s no an impact fracture, that’s not the way bone breaks from a straight on impact. It splinters and the tip of the points shows little to no damage. Having said that there’s one other possibility, it could simply be a pressure flaker for working flint. I’ve been a Flint Knapper for almost 50 years and out of necessity some of my bone and antler pressure flakers and punches are almost identical in size and shape. It may simply have been a leftover from a time before metals were used and flint and Chert was the preferred material for making points and blades. I hate it when archeologists speculate or try and romanticize their finds.
Thanks, my mistake.
And yes, you’re absolutely right about archeologists.