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- Title
Indications of bow and stone-tipped arrow use 64 000 years ago in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Authors
Lombard, Marlize; Phillipson, Laurel
- Abstract
The invention of the bow and arrow was a pivotal moment in the human story and its earliest use is a primary quarry of the modern researcher. Since the organic parts of the weapon -- wood, bone, cord and feathers -- very rarely survive, the deduction that a bow and arrow was in use depends heavily on the examination of certain classes of stone artefacts and their context. Here the authors apply rigorous analytical reasoning to- the task, and demonstrate that, conforming to their exacting checklist, is an early assemblage from Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, which therefore suggests bow and arrow technology in use there 64 millennia ago.
- Subjects
SIBUDU Cave (South Africa); KWAZULU-Natal (South Africa); SOUTH Africa; PREHISTORIC bows &; arrows; BOW &; arrow -- Design &; construction; HUNTING; INVENTIONS; HUMAN behavior; HOWIESONS Poort Site (South Africa)
- Publication
Antiquity, 2010, Vol 84, Issue 325, p635
- ISSN
0003-598X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003598X00100134