The bowstrings were found with wood-and-reed arrows and were used by the first European farmers. Roughly 7,000-year-old cords ...
An analysis of the materials in the bowstrings and arrow shafts reveal that they were made from the tendons of three different animals and various local woods. The findings are described in a ...
An international team of archeologists found the oldest known bowstrings used for archery in a Spanish cave. The hunting tools were likely built by the Neolithic humans that called the Iberian ...
“This degree of precision and technical mastery, where every detail counts, attests to the exceptional knowledge of these Neolithic artisans,” Raquel Piqué , a study co-author and ...
Cordage fragments from Cueva de los Murciélagos identified as possible bowstrings. (b.1.) Broken/fringed cord end, (b.2.) Detail of twisted fibres with organic material between grooves. Credit: F.
A research team has uncovered exceptional evidence of prehistoric archery from the early Neolithic, including Europe’s oldest ...
But researchers were particularly interested in the bowstrings, a series of woven fibers that created the rope-like cord. The cords are made predominantly from animal products, including the ...
A study team led by researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) says that a 7,000-year-old weapon kit consisting of two bowstrings believed to be the oldest ever found in Europe and a ...