Archaeology Archery
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Talk given in Spanish at Complutense University, History department, Madrid for "De fuste e de Fierro". Armamento medieval en la Peninsula Iberica. IV International Seminar. 9-10th March, 2020 (for English translation see Archery CV... more
Ms version, Published Bulletin of Primitive Technology Fall 2014, No. 48:68-73. Lever action of atlatls explained. Slow motion film and strobe demonstrates that the atlatl is still flexed when the dart flies down range, thus the flex of... more
Archery had a dominant role in Bronze Age, especially in later period. The technological evolution from the self bows to the composites was a significant factor that affected the Warfare in several ways. Composite’s critical advantage was... more
SUMMARY This thesis shall identify the date origin of the composite bow within Mesopotamia and Elam. and both identify and quantify the design factors which lead to increased performance possible with composite construction. To accomplish... more
Wachsmann, S., 2009. On Drawing the Bow. In Eretz-Israel 29 (In Honor of Ephraim Stern). J. Aviram, A. Ben-Tor, I. Eph`al, S. Gitin and R. Reich, eds. Jerusalem, Israel Exploration Society: 238*-257*.
Thin plates carved from antler, prominent elements of the Magyars’ feared weapon, the bow, are often encountered in the tenth-century archaeological material of the Carpathian Basin. These bow plates have so far been exclusively recovered... more
The aim of the paper is to enhance our understanding of bow finds unearthed in burials in Eurasia in the first millennium A.D. General terminological, methodological and source critical problems are concerned in order to define the... more
The following paper primarily examines Danish archaeological material, but in order to put the findings into a broader perspective, I have also included a survey of Roman archery equipment. I hope that it will be obvious that even... more
Neolithic and Bronze Age Bows, Arrows, Bow strings from Glacier sites Schnidejoch and Lötschenpass (Switzerland)
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As mass-produced artefacts of the medieval period, arrowheads survive in large quantities in the archaeological record. Historic textual references and illustrations have proved to be of relatively limited value in explaining the... more
Terminology and typology of early medieval ranged weapons from area of today's Slovakia Aim of this article is to set the questions of terminology and typology of ranged weapons in early medieval period in the area of today's Slovakia.... more
Durante le epoche antiche il modo di tirare frecce con l'arco era completamente diverso da quello attualmente utilizzato nello sport ufficiale. L'identificazione delle componenti fondamentali dello " Stile Antico " è stata parte... more
Tarihte ok yaralanmaları, tedavileri, ve tarihsel süreci üzerine hazırlanmış Tirendaz Geleneksel Okçuluk seminerleri kapsamında sunulmuş bir çalışmadır.
A brief discussion on the history of bow construction and profile nomenclature. The article then presents updated terminology for both (construction and nomenclature) areas in an attempt to present a set of possible universal terminology.
Limited research has been conducted on the perishable components of prehistoric archery. Current depictions of ancient southwestern bows by archaeologists suggest the technology was weak and undeveloped. Previous analysis work on the... more
Вістря стріл є наймасовішими знахідками серед предметів озброєння на ранньосередньовічних слов'янських пам'ятках півдня Східної Європи. З-поміж вістер стріл, виявлених в ареалі празької, пеньківської та колочинської культур, привертають... more
The alpine ice-patch sites of Tisenjoch (I), Schnidejoch and Loetschenpass (CH) brought to light the most complete archery equipment known from European Prehistory. From the end of the last glaciation until the Middle Ages, bows and... more
HOLEŠČÁK, Michal. Ranged Weapons of Eastern Origin in the Late 9 th and 10 th Centuries. Numerous finds of ranged weapons typical for nomadic societies of Eastern Europe and Asia have been discovered in the archaeological material from... more