Spears, Darts, and Arrows
Late Woodland Hunting Techniques in the Upper Ohio Valley
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2576239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Shott (0000-0002-6592-4904, University of Northern Iowa, corresponding author), Michael J Shott |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 425-443 |
| Publication date | 1993-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/282105 |
| OpenAlex | W2078064040 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 74 |
| References cited | 41 |
The belief that the bow and arrow replaced the spear and/or dart as hunting weapons in eastern North America between 1500 and 1200 B.P. is tested using a classification function that identifies bifaces as either spear/dart or arrow points. Results and their alternative interpretations bear important implications for the timing and nature of the technological transition. Moreover, the economic consequences of the transition are at once subtler and less profound than often supposed. Ethnographic data do not support simple notions of a uniform increase in acquisition efficiency across target species with the adoption of the bow and arrow
Archaeology · Arrow · Biology · Epistemology · Geography · Simple (philosophy) · Spear · Woodland · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Computer Science · Ecology · History · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Cabezales líticos del holoceno tardío en Patagonia Meridional
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A Macroevolutionary Perspective on the Archaeological Record of North America
The Evolution of the Human Capacity for “Killing at a Distance”
The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers
Factors Influencing the Use of Stone Projectile Tips
Projectile point morphology and penetration performance
Explaining the diversification of lithic projectile points from the northern Patagonian coast (Argentina) during the Holocene using phylogenetic and comparative methods
Geometric morphometric analysis for the study of the design and function of the archaeological lithic projectile points of Uruguay
Using Deer Stable Isotope Data to Test a Niche Construction Hypothesis for an Increase in Prehistoric Human Maize Consumption in the Eastern Woodlands of the United States
Getting to the point
Morphological and functional variability in triangular projectile points in the Piedmont Southeast, 1300–1600 CE
A Tale of Two Weapons
Hunting Techniques Along the Rain Shadow Gradient in North-Central Patagonia, Argentina
Assessing Strategies for Coypu Hunting and Use in the Salado River Depression (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina)
The Lithic Production System of the Princess Point Complex during the Transition to Agriculture in Southwestern Ontario, Canada
Ethnographic and Archaeological Investigations of Alpine Ice Patches in Southwest Yukon, Canada
Phylogenetic analysis of stemmed points from Patagonia
Sistemas de assentamento e estilo tecnológico
Developing a stable point
Social Complexity and the Bow in the Eastern Woodlands
Human evolution and human history
The Bow and Cultural Complexity of the Canadian Plains
Sedentism, Social Change, Warfare, and the Bow in the Ancient Pueblo Southwest
Diversidad de tecnologías de caza en la Puna transicional de Chaschuil (Dpto. Tinogasta, Catamarca)
Raw material impact strength and flaked stone projectile point performance
Experimental Investigations of Eastern Beringian Hunting Technologies
Experimental Evidence Concerning Spear Use in Neandertals and Early Modern Humans
Stone Tool Research at the End of the Millennium
Flaked-stone projectile point serration
Peopling the last new worlds
The importance of large prey animals during the Pleistocene and the implications of their extinction on the use of dietary ethnographic analogies
Raw materials and functional designs of Fishtail projectile points from southern Brazil
The Loss and Re-Introduction of Bow-and-Arrow Technology
Late Holocene Great Basin prehistory
Inferring the Function of Projectile Points from the Central Coast of Alta California
The atlatl among prehispanic hunter-gatherer from the southeastern Lowlands, South America
Cody Complex foragers and their use of grooved abraders in Great Plains and Rocky Mountains of North America
Weapon Systems and Assemblage Variability during the Northern Archaic Period in Northern Alaska
Distinguishing Between Darts and Arrows in the Archaeological Record
The Adoption of the Bow and Arrow
Beveled Projectile Points and Ballistics Technology
Análisis estadístico de puntas de proyectil en el sudoeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Exploring ten thousand years of variation in weapons technologies
Explaining the Howiesons Poort to post-Howiesons Poort transition
The Atlatl to Bow Transition
Reverse Engineering Stone Atlatl Dart Points
Correlation of regional late woodland triangle projectile point variation and native American ethnic group territories in the central middle Atlantic
Chronology and Projectile Point Neck-Width
Over the hills and far away
The Bow and Arrow in the Eastern Woodlands
Power, security, and exchange
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The impact of subsistence changes on humeral bilateral asymmetry in Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene Europe
Testing Replicas of Fell IV Points as Arrowheads
Testing and reconsidering atlatl dart ballistics
Stone tools from the inside out
Empire Points
Another Look at Expedient Technologies, Sedentism, and the Bow and Arrow
Cienega Points and Late Archaic Period Chronology in the Southern Southwest
Transmission Theory in the Study of Stone Tools
A New Method for Classifying Dart and Arrow Projectile Points
About Lithics, Technologies and Other Topics
Design and Function of Lowe and Sawmill Points from the Preceramic Period of Belize
Spearthrower performance
Dart and Arrow Points on the Columbia Plateau of Western North America
Reduced Mobility or the Bow and Arrow? Another Look at 'Expedient' Technologies and Sedentism
Stones and Shafts Redux
The Adoption of the Bow and Arrow in Eastern North America
Behavioral Ecology, Technology, and the Organization of Labor
Ritual, Labor Mobilization, and Monumental Construction in Small-Scale Societies
Projectile Point Reworking
Radiocarbon Dating of Technological Transitions
The bow and arrow in South America
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Ancient native Americans.
The Mississippian Emergence
Omnivorous Primates. Gathering and Hunting in Human Evolution
Land filled with flies
Adaptive Responses of Native Amazonians
Cultural Variability in Context
The Price of Protein
Points on Points
Adoption of the Bow in Prehistoric North America
Rediscovering Illinois
Interpretations of Prehistoric Technology from Ancient Egyptian and other Sources. Part I
Interpretations of Prehistoric Technology from Ancient Egyptian and other Sources. Part II
Experiments with Spears and Arrows on Animal Targets
Projectile Point Size and Projectile Aerodynamics
A Mathematical Technique For Dating Projectile Points Common To The Northwestern Plains
Impact of roadside agriculture on subsistence hunting in the Ituri forest of northeastern Zaire
Optimal diet breadth theory as a model to explain variability in Amazonian hunting
Distinguishing Between Arrow and Spear Points on the Upper Texas Coast
Experiments in the function and performance of the weighted atlatl
Mesolithic cutting arrows
Experimental archery
Physical anthropological evidence for the evolution of social complexity in coastal Southern California
Technological Organization and Settlement Mobility
Ancient society, or, Researches in the lines of human progress from savagery through barbarism to civilization
Morphological Projectile Point Typology
On Tool-Class Use Lives and the Formation of Archaeological Assemblages
Radiocarbon Dating as a Probabilistic Technique
Studies in Ohio Archaeology
Arrowheads and Atlatl Darts
The Atlatl
An Anthropocentric Perspective for Eastern United States Prehistory
Addressing Prehistoric Hunting Practices Through Stone Tool Analysis
The Ozark Bluff-dwellers
Northeastern Archeology
Theory and Experiment in the Study of Technological Change
| Unique citing works | 74 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,24 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2026 (34) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 73 |