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Bevan R.:

--- Quote from: jackcrafty on February 11, 2011, 08:13:09 pm ----  Warfare was almost unknown in America before the Europeans came.

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Not sure I agree with this. Didn't the 'Native' Americans conflict. I mean seriously conflict. I have been told that places like 'Pipestone MN' were neutral so that all could come and get stone for pipes. Doesn't that infer that other places were not neutral?

As as far as point size goes, just look at the points produced by the skilled knappers on this site. some make what I would call 'jewelry' points that are used for hunting. Another example, look at the length and draw weight of bows here. Some makers/shooters want really strong bows while others go for the lighter bows. Both are used successfully for hunting.

I do not think that we (moderns) should try to pigeonhole all the ancients because of the relative few artifacts found or by someone's interpretation of those artifacts.

crooketarrow:
     None of us is really primitive. Or we would'nt be punching these keys would we. Socitey wo'nt let us. Once lived in a cabin when I was younger with out water or electic a whole year trapping. Along with a few LONG camping trips SOMETIMES 2 MONTHS AS WELL AS LOTS OF SHORT SURVIVLE TRIPS. Thank god for fishing poles. That was along time ago when I was young and dumb. Thats as primitive as I WISH TO BE. I knew the truck was a few miles away.
   We tip back in time when we want but were pulled back in.
  As far as arrow heads most used what they could get at the time. Sure certin tribes had certin styles at certin times. And I'm sure tribes waged war on other tribes. Just not on the scale were use to seening on TV.

nclonghunter:
I think the intent here was to question why everyone is not alike in their thinking or conclusions. Folks can only "guess" what truly happened from what little evidence remains (example; Iceman). A group that witnesses the same event first hand will describe it differently only minutes later. Now take what can only be guessed at and the possible conclusion and scenarios are endless. Look at the number of modern broadheads that have been made in the last ten years. Imagine someone in 50,000 years describing what just two different broadheads were used for in this century.

I think "we" are on the same page, "we" really have no true knowledge of "why", but we entertain ourselves with thinking we are right about our conclusions.

I would be happy to explain all the "whys" but there is just not enough space here for all my theories that I am certain are correct......... ::)

Jesse:
Experts/specialists can be narrow minded. I think Jack of all trades types can appreciate things from several angles and maybe see the big picture better.

Dane:
I've found that a collector has a state of mind that is far differnt than non collectors. I think this is true no matter what the person collects - dolls, knives, spoons, spinning wheels, guns, beer bottles, etc. I have a friend who has been a collector of WWII uniforms and insiginia since he was a teenager. That is a world I will never really get. These guy spend an entire lifetime amassing huge collections, sometimes very specialized, and they eventually die, the collections are auctioned off or sold or given away, and whatever legacy they had amassed is tossed to the wind. Fellow collectors snap up what they can of the defunct collections, put them in their own collections, and it continues.

As for being primitive, it is all state of the art. Otzi's bow was state of the art when he was alive, Ishi's equipment was state of the art for him, and the English war bow was as advanced a weapons system in its day as the M4 carbine is today. The primitive bows you see here every day are as advanced as any self bows have ever been. 

Dane

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