cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/HistoryArtifacts/t/834466
Oldest wooden spear known to exist | Schöningen, Germany (400,000 BCE)
More information: https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/behavior/getting-food/oldest-wooden-spear
cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/HistoryArtifacts/t/834466
Oldest wooden spear known to exist | Schöningen, Germany (400,000 BCE)
More information: https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/behavior/getting-food/oldest-wooden-spear
Now I’m no expert in ancient weaponry, but that looks more like a sharpened stick than a spear to me.
no stickshaming
non-stick shaming
I agree, I think spears are supposed to have a hardened end. I know I’ve seen other examples of early spears without an end attachments, but they usually had an end that has been hardened by carbonizing the point over a fire.
The one end looks discolored so might’ve been fire-hardened