[Archers] Tips was: Re: Safety advice on atal-atals andcrossbows

[Alexandratos, Jerry (NIH/NCI) [E]]

The Aztecs were a flint and obsidian based culture, as I recall, using both in tools and weapons.  Oddly enough, they knew about the wheel but did not use it for transportation.  The speculation is that they did not have large enough animals to pull carts.  Not a historian, so take all of this with a grain of... maize.  Is this far enough off topic?  Okay, they did use the bow and arrow, so the denizens of this list may consider them "civilized".  

Jerry/Gerasimos


From: barysears [barysears at verizon.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 7:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [Archers] Tips was: Re: Safety advice on atal-atals andcrossbows

I have to wonder about the flint-knapping.  Aztecs used atlatls against
Cortez - are they a flint-knapping culture?

On 6/30/2010 4:32 PM, John Atkins wrote:
> That would be my guess.  Either that or perhaps just heat hardened wood
> although the atlatl really is a weapon of the flint knapping cultures.
>
> cog