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Title: Some old Peruvian Bows found recently (and some mummies too)
Post by: toomanyknots on July 04, 2014, 11:45:10 am

Some mummies were found recently in the Atacama desert, which had some bows with them, which according to the article is extremely rare. I only see one picture of a bow, it looks to me like a typical west cost flatbow, sinew backed I would guess, and smaller for mostly hunting I would think. Here's the article, the picture of the bow is down near the bottom:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/peru-150-mummies-ancient-unknown-civilisation-discovered-atacama-desert-photos-1455244

Edit: Wait, I think there is a bow laying next to one of the mummies also. It seems to have pretty recurved tips.

Title: Re: Some old Peruvian Bows found recently (and some mummies too)
Post by: wildman on July 04, 2014, 12:04:54 pm

Thanks for posting the link , that was awesome.

Title: Re: Some old Peruvian Bows found recently (and some mummies too)
Post by: burchett.donald on July 04, 2014, 02:06:26 pm

Interesting...Thank you

Title: Re: Some old Peruvian Bows found recently (and some mummies too)
Post by: stickbender on July 05, 2014, 12:39:54 am

     Cool! 8)  That last picture looks like an alien, that popped out of someones chest! :o :P


                                                                              Wayne

Title: Re: Some old Peruvian Bows found recently (and some mummies too)
Post by: toomanyknots on July 05, 2014, 02:24:19 am

Quote from: stickbender on July 05, 2014, 12:39:54 am

     Cool! 8)  That last picture looks like an alien, that popped out of someones chest! :o :P


                                                                              Wayne

Yeah, I think that is one of those elongated skulls. Those are crazy, I wonder how they deformed their skulls like that.

Title: Re: Some old Peruvian Bows found recently (and some mummies too)
Post by: chamookman on July 05, 2014, 04:56:44 am

Interesting - Thanks ! Bob

Title: Re: Some old Peruvian Bows found recently (and some mummies too)
Post by: Clacker on July 05, 2014, 10:06:12 pm

They deformed their skulls like that by wrapping their heads in cloth and planks from birth, when the skull is still soft and not yet fused together. Pretty sure you can find articles about it easily. Kinda similar to foot binding.