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Experimental archery: projectile velocities and comparison of bow performances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

C.A. Bergman,
E. McEwen and
R. Miller
C.A. Bergman
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, University College, London WC1H 0PY
E. McEwen
Affiliation:
Society of Archer-Antiquaries, 10 Richmond Way, Wanstead, London E11
R. Miller
Affiliation:
Darwin College, Cambridge CB3 9EU
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Experimental study with replica bows and projectiles of a variety of types indicates the superiority of archery over the throwing of spears, and makes it possible to indicate a hierarchy of increasing efficiency in the main classes of bows.

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Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 237 , December 1988, pp. 658 - 670
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

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