North American Projectile Points

Jack Hranicky is a retired U.S. Government contractor but he has been involved with archaeology as a full-time passion for over 40 years. His main interest is the Paleo-Indian period; however he has worked in all facets of American archaeology. He has published over 250 papers and over 35 books in archaeology with his most recent being a two-volume 800-page 10000-artifact book on the material culture of Virginia. In Virginia he is considered an expert on prehistoric stone tools and rockart. The prehistoric Spout Run Observatory site was investigated by him which dated 10470 YBP. He has served as president of the Archeological Society of Virginia (ASV) and Eastern States Archeological Federation (ESAF) and been past chairman of the Alexandria Archaeology Commission in Virginia. He is a charter member of the Registry of Professional Archaeologists (RPA). And since he joined the Archeological Society of Virginia (ASV) in 1966 he is its senior member. And finally his major publication is Bipoints Before Clovis.