The bone tools’ presence in the burial alongside the stone points might support the “foreshaft” interpretation — if the stone points and bone rods were components of the same weapon system, their deposition together in the burial would make sense as the deposit of a complete hunting toolkit.

But it is also possible that the bone rods and stone points were deposited together simply as examples of the most valued technological objects of the group, regardless of whether they were functionally paired in use.

The association of bone tools with Clovis stone tools at multiple sites suggests that bone was a significant material in Clovis technology, not just a secondary or occasional element.

The specific working of bone — the process of shaping and smoothing it into functional or ceremonial objects — required knowledge and tools (stone tools for the initial shaping, and possibly abrasive materials for polishing) and produced objects of genuine quality.