The Woodland Period in the eastern U.S. is ourversion of the Neolithic with the adoption of non-maze based agriculture whilecontinuing to hunt and fish. Along with the widespread use of pottery, thecontinued manufacture and use of ground stone tools, stone smoking pipes can be added to the artifact inventory. This period has also been divided into threesub-periods, during the first two the people lived in semi permanent hamlets oftwo or three houses scattered throughout their territories. Since I was born in Ohio and lived there till I was 23 I am quite familiar with the great mound building cultures of that state and surrounding area, and have made many replicas of their points. The Early Woodland [1,000 BC - 1AD] saw the rise of the Adena Culture who built conical burial mounds and produced a series of stemmed points. The Middle Woodland [AD 1 - 600 AD] witnessed the advent and decline of the Hopewell culture that produced a variety of corner notched points. After the rapid decline of the Hopewell Sphere of Influence the Late Woodland [circa 600 AD - 1,000 AD] saw a great deal of unrest and the concentration of the population in fortified villages. Perhaps being descendants of the earlier Mound Builders, or having a leftover reverence for them, some continued to bury their dead in the old Adena and Hopewell works. This is what has been referred to as the Intrusive Mound Culture. This tumultuous period saw the adoption of the bow and arrow and the replacement of the atl-atl as the primary projectile weapon. I make a lot of the larger Intrusive Mound points that look like small Hopewell points that tipped atl-atl darts and the smaller Jacks Reef and Raccoon types that may have been used on arrows. For more information see my book A Master Knapper’s Guide To Some Late Archaic, Woodland, And Mississippian Points Of The Midwest And Southern U.S.