• Arrowheads were often fixed to a long, smooth stick and used while hunting.arrowheads image by Stanislav Komogorov from Fotolia.com
  
  When most people think of pre-historic archeology sites, Tennessee probably isn't the first on their list. However, the University of Tennessee Knoxville's Frank H. McClung Museum have on display fossilized stone tools, weapons and artifacts that date back to the Paleoindian Period, around 12,000 years ago.
  
  

Axes

• In Oct. of 2010, a simple backyard in Williamson County, Tenn., became the home to an excavation site. On the site, archaeologists and students from the Middle Tennessee State University students unearthed pre-historic tools and even a mastodon. The tools that were found were bone and stone fragments that researchers say were used as axes.
  
  

Paleoindian "Projectile Points"

• At the Coats-Hines excavation site in Williamson County, Tenn., "projectile points" were found. These tools refer to the sharp points, or tips, that were placed on the end of arrows, spears and darts. Archaeologists and researchers believe these tools were used by the Indians of Tenn. for both hunting and fighting.
  
  

Spear Weights and Fishing Hooks

• At the Icehouse Bottom excavation site in Monroe County, Tenn., archaeologists found spear weights and fishing hooks. The spear weights were made from ground-stone and used on the shafts of the spears. The weight would help to shoot the spear farther and straighter in the air and used during the Archaic Period (from 8000 to 1000 B.C.). Researchers also found fishing hooks made from bone.
  
  

Blades

• The Duck River Cache excavation, located on the Link Farm in Humphreys County, Tenn., yielding many different tools and weapons made from stone. The stone that was carved into hooks, baton, "swords" (one measuring up to 28 inches long) and axes date back to 1450 A.D. A stone monolithic ax was found and said to be a symbol of rank to he who carried it. Some stones that were found were made into disks that were used to play games.