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The Schöningen spears are the oldest complete wooden weapons, and along with the British Clacton spear point among the oldest known worked wooden implements. The spears were constructed from Norway spruce as well as pine. [15] They are suggested to have been used both as throwing weapons, as well as thrusting spears for personal defense. [16]
The Clacton Spear, or Clacton Spear Point, is the tip of a wooden spear discovered in Clacton-on-Sea in 1911. At approximately 400,000 years old, it is the oldest known worked wooden implement. At approximately 400,000 years old, it is the oldest known worked wooden implement.
At the so-called "spear horizon", referred to within the stratigraphic sequence as Schöningen 13 II-4, numerous remains (representing 20-25 individuals [2]) of butchered horses belonging to the extinct species Equus mosbachensis have been found associated with wooden spears (the famous Schöningen spears), among the oldest known wooden spears, [1] [3] other wood tools, including throwing ...
Spear-armed hoplite from Greco-Persian Wars. A spear is a polearm consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head.The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with fire hardened spears, or it may be made of a more durable material fastened to the shaft, such as bone, flint, obsidian, copper, bronze, iron, or steel.
The rare Bronze Age spade was discovered during a coastal habitat project in Poole Harbour Archaeologists reveal how ‘exceptionally rare’ 3,500-year-old wooden spade was so well preserved Skip ...
The Boxgrove Palaeolithic site is an internationally important archaeological site north-east of Boxgrove in West Sussex with findings that date to the Lower Palaeolithic.The oldest human remains in Britain have been discovered on the site, fossils of Homo heidelbergensis dating to 500,000 years ago. [2]
Stone Age spear and arrow points of California and the Great Basin. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. Justice, Noel D (2002b). Stone Age spear and arrow points of the Southwestern United States. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. Oklahoma River Basin Survey Project (1963–1976). General survey report. Norman ...
The force of the predator falling onto the spear would have driven it deeper into the animal’s body, researchers say. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...