During the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, many teeth of large sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) and stingray spines were transformed into projectile points in south‐eastern Arabia. These points were probably used for fishing. Deriving from dangerous and/or toxic animals, shark teeth and stingray spines were certainly markers of prestige.
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