1。Stonejavelin-headwithhandle。2。Stonehatchetwithhandle。
Otherhatchets,chieflythoseofasmallsize,werefixedintosheathsmadeofstag-horn,andtwochieftypesofthemhaveactuallybeenmadeout。[90]Thesheathsofthefirsttypeareshortandendinquadrangularbeads。TheyarefoundmostfrequentlyinSwitzerland,inthebasinsoftheRhoneandoftheSaone,andthroughoutthesouthofFrance。Thoseofthesecondtypearepiercedwithaholelargeenoughtopassthehandlethrough。ThesearefoundinthenorthwestofFrance,inBelgium,andinEngland。
Flintarrowsoftriangularorovalform,notchedorstalked,wereeverywhereusedforaconsiderablelengthoftime。TheyarefoundinthenumerouscavesofFrance,beneaththeANTASofPortugal,inthetombsofMykenae,aswellasamongtheAinosofJapanandthePatagoniansofSouthAmerica。Theirusenecessarilyinvolvesthatofabow,yetwedonotknowofasingleweaponsuchasthat,orofonethatcouldtakeitsplace,datingfromPaleolithictimes。Probablytherapiddecompositionofthewoodofwhichbowsweremadehasledtotheirdisappearance。DeMortillet[91]mentionsabowfoundinapile-dwellinginabognearRobenhausen,whichheascribestotheNeolithicperiod。AnotherisknownwhichwasfoundatLutz,alsoinSwitzerland。Toallappearancethemostancientbowsofhistorictimesgreatlyresemblethesetwoprehistoricexamples。
ThoughflintwasthematerialparexcellenceofQuaternarytimesforweaponsandtools,itcouldnotlongsufficefortheever-growingneedsofman。Ourmuseumscontainacompleteseriesofboneorstag-hornimplementssuchasdarts,arrow-heads,barbedarrows,harpoons,fibulae,andfinelycutneedlesoftenpiercedwitheyesFig。22。Theinventionofbarbsisworthyofspecialnotice;theseriesofpointsmadetheblowmuchmoredangerous,astheprojectileremainedinthefleshofawoundedanimalwhichwasnotabletogetitout。Butthiswasnottheonlyobjectofthebarbs。Arrangedsymmetricallyoneithersideofthearrowtheykeptitafloatintheairlikethewingsofabird,whichmayperhapshavesuggestedtheiruseandincreasedtheeffectandprecisionoftheshot。
10。Oneendofabow?。