The complete bow discovered during this year's campaign. Credit: Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona
The process of the work was carried out at the La Draga site in Griona, Spain. Credit: Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona
The complete bow discovered during this year's campaign. Credit: Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona
The process of the work was carried out at the La Draga site in Griona, Spain. Credit: Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona
GGG Ping!.............
SA-WEET!
we were just talking about this on another thread too.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2899837/posts
That's either an ICBM trail or an airliner condensation trail. Those other two long things look like 'rods from god'.
Oh, I misread it my first time through it. I thought they said it was the oldest bow ever found in europe, which would make it the oldest ever found in the world. That just isn’t the case. Still pretty cool though. It makes a person wonder why the oldest bows are found in europe when common knowledge says civilization started in the fertile crescent...or the indus valley, or china...depending on your personal bias. But why is the oldest bow not found in one of these 3 places?
Hmmm?
My colleague, "'Bodark' (Bois D' Arc) Phil" Cross, the famed Caddo Indian bowyer, makes "Osage Orange" bows that are much more slab-like (far less "tillering").
That little jewel looks fragile -- especially out on those slender tips...
The workmanship of early humans never ceases to amaze me. (How is it that some of the earliest Americans made projectile points (Clovis, Folsom) that are still considered to be the pinnacle of the flintknapping art?)
In some ways, it seems that man is DEvolving... ;-(
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Speaking of which, has any of you picked up on the stories of looting and destruction of early Egyptian artifacts since the Muzzie Brotherhood has taken over Egypt? I certainly hope those savages don't "turn Taliban" and start destroying all that "infidel art" in Egypt!