Bronze age bow find
Just came across this, thought it might be of interest http://thornews.com/2013/11/10/the-breheimen-bronze-age-bow-1300-bc/Roger
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Uklongbow, you need to check your link, It doesn't seen to go anywhere! cheers fiddler49
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Does this work?http://thornews.com/2013/11/10/the-breheimen-bronze-age-bow-1300-bc/
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Second link works fine Looks like an interesting find. I can never tell through if they are talking about reflexed or deflexed tips? I gather there are no other indications such as cut in nocks or...
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The article mentions the back is a single growth ring, so at least they know, Dwardo… Ha ha. It is very difficult to see in the photos, but I zoomed in on the detail shot of the broken limb, and it...
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interesting that it is made of yew, not elm. And I agree that it is an assumption that the bow is bent to the string, but based on the shape and back ring follow that seems right. I wonder why it...
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it would be most interesting to see some better pics of the break – it should be easily discernable to the lot of eyes here whether this looks like a break in use or a break in sediment. we probably...
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The article states that it is made of "one piece of hardwood". They were only referring to other ancient bow finds when they mentioned yew.Could have been elm.... grain looks like it coud be ring...
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Randemonium wrote:The article states that it is made of "one piece of hardwood". They were only referring to other ancient bow finds when they mentioned yew.Could have been elm.... grain looks like it...
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toxophileken wrote:The article mentions the back is a single growth ring, so at least they know, Dwardo… Ha ha. It is very difficult to see in the photos, but I zoomed in on the detail shot of the...
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G, TBB talks about the bog bows as being mostly elm, the molly was elm so were other early norsk bow recoveries.
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I know a little about this bow, since I live in Norway and some of us have made replicas of it. They found out that the bow is made of elm, as many of you suspected. I think the bow has been made with...
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Forgot to mention that in our local forum we call this bow "Åndfonnebuen", or "the Åndfonne bow" after the nearest village. I can post some more pictures and measures.
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http://www.musitutv.uio.no/webtjenester/bilder/web_hent_bilde.php?id=12645159&type=jpeg
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BrunoB wrote:I know a little about this bow, since I live in Norway and some of us have made replicas of it. They found out that the bow is made of elm, as many of you suspected. I think the bow has...
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You are welcome, Holten. Your guess, ash, was not bad at all. In this picture we can see it is a ring porous wood, but ash or elm, that is not easy to determine from the picture. The wood has been...
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Holten101 wrote:BrunoB wrote:I know a little about this bow, since I live in Norway and some of us have made replicas of it. They found out that the bow is made of elm, as many of you suspected. I...
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so, given the interest in wood skis, is it possible this bow broke being used as a ski pole for a single ski?
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