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Eskimo Bow and Asiatic Composite (1970)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Thomas D. Hamilton.

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IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM A PREHISTORIC BOW (2003)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

A small piece of wood was removed from a prehistoric bow for the purpose of identifying the type of wood used in construction of the bow. This bow was purchased at a garage sale in California and was believed to be associated with the Chumash culture; however, the presence of a green, copper-based pigment on the bow suggests that it was from a Southwest group (Jeb Taylor, personal communication).

Interesting Bluff Dweller Find (1957)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Hugh C. Rogers.

North American Bows, Arrows and Quivers (1894)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Otis T. Mason.

Projectile Dysfunction: A Controlled Archery Experiment to Determine the Presence and Replacement of the Bow and Atlatl Technologies in Prehistoric North America (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only David Howe.

There is an undeniable trend of a gradual decrease in projectile point size over time in prehistoric North America. About 1000 years ago (1kya), this morphologic decrease seems to plateau at a very small size, until projectile points were no longer used. Most archaeologists today posit that this sudden change has to do with the invention or adoption of the bow and arrow; however, without a large sample of preserved wooden bows, arrows, or darts, it is difficult to say for certain that this...

Study of the Eskimo Bows in the U.S National Museum (1885)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John Murdoch.

Toward Establishing a High-Resolution Chronological Record of the Atlatl-and-Dart to Bow-and-Arrow Transition in the Great Basin (2024)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard Rosencrance. Geoffrey Smith. Christopher Jazwa.

This is an abstract from the "Advances in Perishable Weaponry Studies: Developing Perspectives from Dated Contexts to Experimental Analyses" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The adoption of the bow-and-arrow by Indigenous peoples was a significant event that had profound social and economic effects. In the Great Basin, researchers have traditionally placed the appearance of the bow-and-arrow weapon system between ~1800 and 1500 calendar years ago...