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This article discusses what could have limited prehistoric natives would have been limited to smaller species of near shore fish. This includes technological factors such as fishing lines, hooks or even vessels. Roy A. Salls hypothesizes that the fishing lines made by the Native Americans that were constructed from various plant fibers and human hair were not strong enough to enable the catch of larger fish species. He used a “dry poundage test” to measure the amount of weight a piece of line can support before breaking. Some of the lines consisting of plant fibers grew stronger when wet, but the dry part of the line were the limiting factors in this case.

One of the distinctions the Archaic Indians had from their predecessors were the characteristics of more complex weaponry. Expendable, smaller projectiles were favored over the larger melee weapons. There were many fuels for change outside of the obvious advantages over this type of weapon in use though; the environment being one, if not the only factor. The newer availability of resources in the post-glacial age not only changed the abundance of weapons, but also the type. Being less concerned with the availability of local weapon materials, the Archaic Indians favored cheap, fast and easy weapons. This meant, for most Archaic Indians, projectiles. Other uses of natural resources include fibers from various plants to weave fishing lines. Plants such as yucca, nettle, Indian hemp and milkweed are harvested and prepared to create different fishing lines.