Re: Bow and Arrow Dating
- From: VoiceOfReason <papa_fox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:36:18 -0700
On Aug 7, 11:41 am, "J.LyonLayden" <JosephLay...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Most books say that the bow and arrow were invented some 15000 to
10000 years ago. This seems strange to me, seeing as how so many stone
age populations around the world have invented the device
independently of one another, and because it is such a simple tool
compared to other artificial devices (tools, weapons, art) in use
before 15,000 years ago.
Have you ever tried making a bow and arrow by hand out of natural
materials? It's not a simple matter. Trying to find a material (or
*combination* of materials) that will bend but not break after
repeated use takes a lot of trial and error.
How do they date the bow and arrow? Is it only through the stone tips?
Why would archeologists have any evidence of bow use before 13,000 BC,
if at that remote time they had simply sharpened the end of the wooden
shaft of an arrow instead of attaching a sharpened stone?
The wood in a bow or arrow can be carbon dated.
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