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Our contribution explores the possibilities of inferring the functions of Late Neolithic projectile points from the settlement of Shir, Syria. Use-wear and metrical values are applied to differentiate between arrowheads, darts and thrusting spears, followed by a discussion of hints for use for hunting or as weapons for interpersonal conflict. Weapons get larger and more visible exactly in the moment when hunting declines as a basis for subsistence. This economical transformation would have produced considerable change for individuals who previously defined themselves as hunters. The social practice of hunting may (at least partially) have been substituted by prowess in interpersonal conflict. IZVLE∞EK – V prispevku raziskujemo mo∫nosti, kako sklepamo o namenu pozno neolitskih projektilov iz najdi∏≠a Shir v Siriji. Za razlikovanje med pu∏≠i≠nimi konicami, pu∏≠icami in sulicami smo uporabili analizo sledov uporabe in metri≠ne podatke, vse to pa nadgradili z razpravo o sledovih uporabe pri lovu ali kot oro∫je pri medosebnih spopadih. Oro∫je postane namre≠ ve≠je in bolj opazno ravno v trenutku, ko se zmanj∏a vloga lova kot osnovnega sredstva za pre∫ivetje. Tak∏na gospodarska preobrazba bi pomenila znatno spremembo za posameznike, ki so se pred tem identificirali predvsem kot lovci. Dru∫ben obi≠aj lova bi lahko bil (vsaj deloma) nadome∏≠en s spretnostjo v medosebnih spopadih.

The meaning of projectile points in the Late Neolithic of the Northern Levant