Very fascinating. Thanks, Red.
With that degree of technical sophistication, there must have been dedicated teams of people collecting the materials, the pitch, the reeds, the sinews from the animals. Think of all the knowledge that was collected over vast periods of time and passed down orally. How did innovation occur? There must of have been lots of experimentation. The bow and arrow masters must have worked closely with the hunters and soldiers to improve the weapons (the original MIC).
There had to have been lots of organizational skill, too, with a lot of labor specialization.
How did the teams that made the bows and arrows get paid? Pure barter, I would imagine.
This is how peoples occupations became their family surnames.
‘FLETCHER’ is an arrow maker................
The thing that impressed me most when they found Otzi was that he was using footed arrows.
It was passed down and improved from generation to generation. Thanks POF.