Advances in Perishable Weaponry Studies: Developing Perspectives from Dated Contexts to Experimental Analyses
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Advances in Perishable Weaponry Studies: Developing Perspectives from Dated Contexts to Experimental Analyses" at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
This symposium includes insights from researchers dating and analyzing extant perishable weapons systems and those replicating and experimenting with these organic materials. Because weapons are the primary tools by which human groups obtain animal protein and resolve (or exacerbate) conflicts over territory and resources, a holistic study of these systems (including experiential, replicative, and ballistic dimensions) is critical for forming an accurate view of past land-use patterns and economic systems. By bringing together a range of papers spanning dated and sourced weaponry to actualistic studies, this symposium aims to provide a more cohesive understanding of the emergence and applied use of weapons.
Other Keywords
Experimental Archaeology •
Material Culture and Technology •
Warfare •
Violence •
Hunter-Gatherers/Foragers •
Dating Techniques: Radiometric •
and Conflict •
Atlatl •
Use Wear •
Museum Collections
Geographic Keywords
North America (Continent) •
United States of America (Country) •
USA (Country) •
Arizona (State / Territory) •
Utah (State / Territory) •
Nevada (State / Territory) •
California (State / Territory) •
New Mexico (State / Territory) •
Oklahoma (State / Territory) •
Texas (State / Territory)
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-7 of 7)
- Documents (7)
- Choose Your Weapon: Material Selection for Middle Pleistocene Spears (2024)
- Dueling with Basketmaker II Spearthrowers: What Can We Learn from Mock Combat? (2024)
- Investigating Beringian Hunting Toolkits from Experiential Perspectives (2024)
- Perishable Weaponry from the Northern Colorado Plateau: Adding Temporal Context to Wayward Collections (2024)
- Physics and Ballistics of the “Rabbit Stick” or Straight-Flying Boomerang (2024)
- Seven Millennia of Wood and Reed: A Preliminary Chronology of Weapons Systems from the West Texas Region (2024)
- Toward Establishing a High-Resolution Chronological Record of the Atlatl-and-Dart to Bow-and-Arrow Transition in the Great Basin (2024)