Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bushboy on September 01, 2017, 05:03:32 pm

Title: Meso or neo?
Post by: bushboy on September 01, 2017, 05:03:32 pm

Regarding the holmgaard,mollegebet and horsen fjord bows I have been getting conflicting results in term of their art work,are they from the neolithic or mesolithic period?i ask because I may try my hand at some super old school on the bow I'm working on thanks bush!

Title: Re: Meso or neo?
Post by: upstatenybowyer on September 01, 2017, 06:57:58 pm

According to TBB2, the earliest Holmegaard bows were from 8000 to 4000 years ago, making them mesolithic and/or early neolithic.

It's tough to find a date for the Mollegabet.

Title: Re: Meso or neo?
Post by: ksnow on September 01, 2017, 07:15:18 pm

Yep, holmegaards are solily mesolithic. By the neolithic, almost all bows were yew wood, in typical longbow fashion. Elm flatbow were mesolithic. Mollegabet, only one example, fragmented.

Kyle

Title: Re: Meso or neo?
Post by: Stick Bender on September 02, 2017, 06:07:45 am

Think about that a 8000 year old design & it can hold it's own against a moderen FG bow of the same draw & weight !

Title: Re: Meso or neo?
Post by: bushboy on September 02, 2017, 06:47:42 am

Agreed!that's why I make them!even if I try a different design they still end up being a lever bow of some kind!lol!

Title: Re: Meso or neo?
Post by: bushboy on September 02, 2017, 06:53:34 am

Thanks for the imfo!interesting stuff!