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Experimental archery: projectile velocities and comparison of bow performances
C.A. Bergman,E. McEwen,R. Miller +2 more
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In this article, the superiority of archery over the throwing of spears was demonstrated with replica bows and projectiles of a variety of types, and a hierarchy of increasing efficiency in the main classes of archers was shown.Abstract:
Experimental study with replica bows and projectiles of a variety of types indicates the superiority of archery over the throwing of spears, and makes it possible to indicate a hierarchy of increasing efficiency in the main classes of bows.read more
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Getting to the point: Evolutionary change in prehistoric weaponry
TL;DR: In this paper, the evolution of prehistoric weaponry is reexamined from an evolutionary perspective where projectile points are considered part of the complete weapon system and variation within that system is identified.
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Weapon Technology, Prey Size Selection, and Hunting Methods in Modern Hunter‐Gatherers: Implications for Hunting in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic
TL;DR: This article explored the relationship between the use of hand-delivered spears, large-bodied prey, and terrestrial hunting techniques dependent on physiographic features and specific terrain types, and found that less dependence on terrain features in hunting with atlatl-propelled darts, and use of the bow and arrow without regard to prey size or terrain features.
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Prehension and Hafting Traces on Flint Tools: A Methodology
TL;DR: Rots et al. as discussed by the authors presented a methodology for the identification and interpretation of prehension and hafting traces on flint tools, two aspects of a flint tool which are often ignored.
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Spears, Darts, and Arrows: Late Woodland Hunting Techniques in the Upper Ohio Valley
TL;DR: The belief that the bow and arrow replaced the spear and/or dart as hunting weapons in eastern North America between 1500 and 1200 B.P. is tested using a classification function that identifies bifaces as either spear/dart or arrow points.
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Shanidar 3 Neandertal rib puncture wound and paleolithic weaponry.
Steven E. Churchill,Robert G. Franciscus,Hilary A. McKean-Peraza,Julie A. Daniel,Brittany R. Warren +4 more
TL;DR: To better understand the circumstances surrounding the traumatic injury suffered by Shanidar 3, controlled stabbing experiments with replicas of Mousterian and Levallois points directed against the thoraces of pig carcasses revealed consistent differences in damage patterns between the two conditions.
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Style and Social Information in Kalahari San Projectile Points
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between stylistic variation in Kalahari San projectile points and aspects of San social organization is discussed, and five issues relevant to archaeology are discussed in light of the San data: (1) stylistic behavior and the different aspects of style, (2) which items of material culture carry social information and why, (3) which attributes on San projectile point carries social information, (4) what the results of the analysis of stylistic variations in projectile points imply for current methods for stylistic analysis and interpretation, and (5) the correspondence
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Storage of elastic strain energy in muscle and other tissues
TL;DR: The elastic materials involved include muscle in every case, but only in insect flight is the proportion of the energy stored in the muscle substantial.
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Method and theory in American archaeology
Gordon R. Willey,Philip Phillips +1 more
TL;DR: In 1958 Gordon R. Willey and Philip Phillips as discussed by the authors published Method and Theory in American Archaeology, a volume that went through five printings, the last in 1967 at the height of what became known as the new, or processual, archaeology.
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Flint arrowhead breakage: examples from Ksar Akil, Lebanon
C. A Bergman,M. H Newcomer +1 more
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Hunters at Hengistbury: Some evidence from experimental archaeology
R. N. E. Barton,C. A. Bergman +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, an arrow-firing experiment using copies of English Mesolithic points slotted into arrowshafts and shot into an animal carcass is described, and the impact fractures on the experimental flint points are compared with breakages observed on several microliths from the Powell Mesolithic site at Hengistbury Head in Dorset.