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How were flint and stone arrowheads made? One of the more common methods was "pressure flaking". This method relies on carefully built pressure from the core of the body (not wrists!) to push off tiny flakes of stone. The tools employed were antler tines for earlier arrowheads such as this leaf point from the early Neolithic. Later arrowheads such as barbed & tanged points were often made using copper tipped pressure flakers to make the fine notches at the base. An abrasive rubbing stone is also