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Flakescarred4life:
Well thank you all very much! Wasn't expecting such a quick response! I never really thought about how recently they might have formed their tribes! This helps me out very much! I will pass this info on and see where he wants to go from there! Thanks again to everyone ;D

tipi stuff:
There are several things that are going to make your task difficult. First and foremost, Apache describes a large group of Athabaskan speakers. There are a number of tribes who are Apache, each with there own dialects, clothing styles, etcetera. Secondly, they were scattered across a wide area, including parts of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico.  Finally, several of the groups had encountered the Spaniards in the early 1600's, and had been trading with pueblo tribes before that, gaining access to metal points and knives. By the time someone decided to start collecting their material culture, metal points were most commonly being used. Having said that, there are some examples of stone arrow points collected among the Apache. It seems like making stone points continued for a much longer period of time in the West and Southwest, than in the Central and Eastern United States.  Most tribes in the eastern and central U.S. quit making stone points and knives by the early to mid-1800's. By this time, the Cheyenne had pretty much lost the art of making stone points. They used points that they found, but their story was, the points could be found where lightning hit the ground.
These photos are not great, but they are Apache arrows with stone points. I have to admit, Apache culture is not an area of study for me. Maybe someone on here will have a better answer for you. I do not know of any stone lance points or knives that were collected, though there may be some somewhere.   Curtis

Hawkdancer:
If I remember correctly, the term "Apache" is an Ansazi/Pueblo term meaning enemy that worked it's way into common useage.  I would agree that the various development periods would dictate the style
Of point.  I would defer to "Tipi stuff" as he seems to know his stuff😀!  And I am not an archaeologist or anthropologist - can't hardly spell them any more, and haven't found any points in the field yet.  Still very interesting fields of study, though.  Did a research paper on Geronimo years back, but he was much more advanced in the technology spectrum.  Nice spread of points to work from!  I will probably try to copy some of them.
Hawkdancer

Flakescarred4life:
Thank you Tipi stuff! Very informative! I do appreciate the pics as well. The last pic has some great and easy to see examples :OK Hawkdancer, you may be interested to hear that i actually get to see what is referred to as "Geronimos Cave" everyday. I don't know if it was mentioned in your research, but I live at the base of the Superstition Mountains in AZ. From what I was told, Geronimos people (women, children, etc.) were gathered in the cave and were somehow spotted by U.S. military, i believe. The soldiers then decided to just open fire into the cave and let the ricochets kill everyone in the cave. I have not personally researched this, but I was also told that act lead to his last stand. Again, I was told this by locals.

tipi stuff:
Apache stuff really isn't my area, but I appreciate the kind words guys. Flakescarred, post photos, if you make some of those arrows.

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