This means stone tools capable of scoring and shaping dense bone — either percussion-flaked stone suitable for cutting or abrading tools for shaping.

It means knowledge of how to work bone progressively, removing material systematically to achieve the desired shape without fracturing the blank prematurely.

It means aesthetic and functional judgment: the ability to evaluate whether a partially shaped tip was progressing correctly and to adjust the work accordingly.

They had the knowledge of mastodon anatomy and behavior to plan and execute an attack that brought them close enough to the animal to drive a weapon into its flank.

This knowledge does not develop without experience — either the individual’s own previous encounters with mastodons, or the accumulated knowledge of a community that had been hunting or observing these animals over time.