Если вам вдруг придется оказаться на необитаемом острове или в глухой тайге, где неизбежно встанет вопрос охоты, не спешите искать кремень и делать стрелы или копья с каменными наконечниками. Возможно, стоит ограничиться заостренным деревом? В статье под названием «Making a point: wood- versus stone-tipped projectiles», вышедшей в журнале Antiquity
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"It should be noted that there are numerous examples of hunter-gatherers who preferthe use of metal- or stone-tipped weapons for the hunting of large game, and reservewood-tipped weapons for small mammals and birds, particularly in North America andAfrica (Ellis 1997). Although this could suggest that the benefits of stone arrowheads onlyoutweigh their extra costs when used in the acquisition of large prey, there are numeroushunter-gatherers, such as the Mohave (Stewart 1947: 263-4), Mardudjara (Tonkinson 1978:32), Bindibu (Thomson 1975: 106), Ache (Clastres 1972: 146) and Yagua (Fejos 1943: 50)who use only wooden projectile points and use them in the hunting of both large- and small-bodied animals. There are also examples of the use of wooden-tipped weapons in warfare(e.g. Griffin 1997: 278). In sum, the ethnographic record of hunter-gatherers indicates thatwooden-tipped arrows are commonly used and are perfectly effective for a wide variety ofprey. At a minimum, these findings question the common assumption that hafted projectilepoints of materials other than wood necessarily have superior functional attributes. "
Впрочем, большая часть их не использует камни.
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