tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post3669355160183901198..comments2024-03-18T11:38:13.384-02:30Comments on Elfshot: Completed Alaskan PalaeoIndian SpearsTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11473674521424237610noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-59652474257355378192018-05-06T00:15:41.180-02:302018-05-06T00:15:41.180-02:30Did A "lance" get thrown in here as well...Did A "lance" get thrown in here as well lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441595228023521332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-83291250851536734362016-05-07T12:00:49.091-02:302016-05-07T12:00:49.091-02:30According to whom? You seriously suggest that nobo...According to whom? You seriously suggest that nobody has ever thrown a weapon technically designed for stabbing? Take this quote from the Old English poem "The Battle of Maldon":<br /><br />"Sende ða se særinc suþerne gar" translated "Then hurled the sea-warrior a southern spear" - clear reference to a spear being thrown, gar being the Anglo-Saxon word for spear. Seems like the strict distinction between a stabbing weapon and a thrown weapon is mostly yours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-78921423149034144372016-05-06T16:46:50.175-02:302016-05-06T16:46:50.175-02:30darts not spears... "spear" should be us...darts not spears... "spear" should be used for a weapon that never leaves your hands while a "dart" or "javelin" is thrown. I think the atlatl should be called a dart thrower... but that is my soapbox... nice reproductions or replicas. Dr. Leland Gilsenhttp://oregon-archaelogy.comnoreply@blogger.com