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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheLostSoul" data-source="post: 1674241" data-attributes="member: 21237">The boomerang can easily have been used throughout Europe, but the finds that I am familiar with, are all Danish and are not boomerangs. The Magdeburg artefact does bear resemblance to the danish finds, but if it is a harpoon, I would think that it has been wrongly dated (14C dating can be very unreliable, as their are many factors that can produce a wrong result).I do not know much about the chakrum, besides that it was used in India.It might very well be, but the bow went more or less out of use in most of Europe during the bronzeage and until the migration era. There are cultures that used them during this time, the Scythians for example. Most of these cultures are from the Russian steppes and the near east.The classical archaologist also keep claiming that the Greeks invented the breastplate, despite the fact that the Celts it had been using them for several hundreds years before the greeks. In archaeology, these issues often come op and are almost always tainted by peoples ideas of "civilised" cultures and politics.It was the case in Scandinavia and most parts of Europe, as far as I know, but I know that their were African, Meso-American and Pacific cultures that already had swordlike weapons before the introduction of bronze weaponry. Some of might have been influenced by outside cultures though.Yep! There are some beautiful, intact examples at the National Museum in Copenhagen. They are said to be copies of a pair of bronzeage swords (the Rørby swords), that might be the first ones in Denmark. My father-in-law wishes to find one, one day. He is not an archaologist, but he likes walking in fields and on beaches looking for stoneage artifacts.This is in Scandinavia. There are other places where the spear is older. As far as I can remember, some of the Native American cultures used spears and several pacific cultures did as well.It does have alot of advantages, but I think the bow is more efficient. The arrows are smaller than your typical throwing spear, so you can carry more. I cannot be certain, but I think the bow has an advantage in both speed and power.Okay.I would be honered to aid you in this project. You can use this address: <a href="mailto:leiffie@get2net.dk">leiffie@get2net.dk</a></blockquote>

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