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FourWinds F
FourWinds May 12, 2005 18:21:27
Replying to PeterH

It's great to hear that they have been found. That's certainly something I don't mind being enlightened about.

I could get pedantic and say that those Neolthic ones wouldn't be long bows as we were talking about them, but life's too short :-)

F fitzcoraldo
fitzcoraldo May 12, 2005 20:07:57
Replying to FourWinds

Otzi the iceman was found with a unfinished yew longbow that was taller than he was.
The oldest european bows were found in Denmark, they were long bows made of elm.
If you check out the cave art of Los Caballos in Spain you'll see mesolithic hunters using longbows.

M m6
m6 Nov 27, 2005 15:19:05
Replying to FourWinds

it is a flat bow - an awesome piece of technology