Reflecting Magdalenian Identities: Considering a Functional Duality for Mid- dle to Late Magdalenian Antler Projectile Points Paper to be included in: J.W.P. Walker and D.T.G. Clinnick (eds) Wild Things 2: Recent Advances in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Research. Oxford: Oxbow Books. Michelle C. LANGLEY Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution Environmental Futures Research Institute Griffith University Nathan, AUSTRALIA m.langley@griffith.edu.au ABSTRACT Hunting weaponry are perfect for use in social signalling as these artefacts are highly visible to per- sons both intimately familiar with the individual carrying the implement, as well as those encoun- tered on the landscape during the course of subsistence or social activities. Magdalenian antler pro- jectile points were no exception, being ubiquitous across the Magdalenian territory, carefully craft- ed, and frequently, beautifully decorated. These last two aspects has understandably drawn the at- tention of researchers over the past 150 years, and resulted in their use to identify interaction be- tween spatially distance sites (for example). This chapter uses archaeological and ethnographic data to explore whether the iconic Magdalenian bilaterally barbed point, along with the ubiquitous bevel based point performed a functional duality, being both: (1) a subsistent; and (2) a social tool. It will be argued that while regional communities are reflected in the form of the bevel edge, a wider Mag- dalenian identity may be contained within the bilaterally barbed points. 1