The antiquity of the bow and arrow in the Kalahari desert: bone points from White Paintings rock shelter, Botswana
The antiquity of the bow and arrow in the Kalahari desert: bone points from White Paintings rock shelter, Botswana
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DOI：
10.3213/2191-5784-10211
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发表时间：
2012-10
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1.4
通讯作者：
L. Robbins;A. Campbell;G. Brook;M. Murphy;R. Hitchcock
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作者：
L. Robbins;A. Campbell;G. Brook;M. Murphy;R. Hitchcock
本文介绍了新的信息古代的弓和箭在卡拉哈里。在白色绘画避难所（WPS）的检查中发现了骨尖碎片，这些碎片似乎是可逆箭头的一部分，可能与毒药一起使用。我们提出了一个序列的9个新的，内部一致的OSL年龄，日期特定的土壤层在WPS。这些日期/土壤层位与骨点发现有关。最古老的骨点估计在35-37 ka之间，而工作的骨技术至少延伸到45 ka。几个刻点也讨论了有关的民族志证据装饰骨链接轴收集在20世纪70年代。额外的信息包括第一次描述了一个可逆的骨箭头，由一个人谁使用这种点与毒药在他的青年。
This paper presents new information on the antiquity of the bow and arrow in the Kalahari. Excavations at White Paintings Shelter (WPS) uncovered bone point fragments that appear to have been parts of reversible arrowheads that could have been used with poison. We present a sequence of nine new, internally consistent OSL ages that date specific soil horizons at WPS. These dates/soil horizons are related to the bone point finds. The oldest bone points are estimated to date between 35–37 ka, while worked bone technology extends to at least 45 ka. Several engraved points are also discussed in relation to ethnographic evidence regarding decorated bone link-shafts collected in the 1970s. Additional information includes the first description of a reversible bone arrow point, made by a person who used such points with poison in his youth.