Barbed bone points are common in sites where fishing was undertaken but they were also used as arming tips for hunting land animals. Barbed points were hafted alone or in sets of two or three at the end of long thrusting spears and used for fishing. The barbs ensured that the point would not become dislodged and made it easlier to lift the fish from the water.

Points of this type vary in length from very small -- only a few centimetes -- to over 30 centimeters.