A Gaulish Throwing Stick Discovery in Normandy: Study and Throwing Experimentations

In 2010 archaeological excavations on the pre-Roman site of Urville Nacqueville, Normandy (France) discovered a shaped unknown wooden implement. This boomerang shaped wooden artefact, dated from 120 to 80 BC, has been found in an enclosure trench of a Gaulish village close to a ritual deposit of wha...

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Autores principales:	L. Bordes, A. Lefort, F. Blondel
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Publicado:	EXARC 2015
Materias:	weapon reconstruction boomerang iron age france Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:55f3bdb822ad4beb825ad4cbd248c1ba2021-12-01T14:42:32ZA Gaulish Throwing Stick Discovery in Normandy: Study and Throwing Experimentations2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/55f3bdb822ad4beb825ad4cbd248c1ba2015-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10203https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956In 2010 archaeological excavations on the pre-Roman site of Urville Nacqueville, Normandy (France) discovered a shaped unknown wooden implement. This boomerang shaped wooden artefact, dated from 120 to 80 BC, has been found in an enclosure trench of a Gaulish village close to a ritual deposit of whalebones. The careful study of this implement, aside from archaeological and ethnological comparison, shows that it has probably been used more like a bird-hunting throwing stick. To test this hypothesis, experimental crafting and throwing of a replica has been conducted, aiming to get more information about its functionality from the various flying trajectories obtained.L. BordesA. LefortF. BlondelEXARCarticleweaponreconstructionboomerangiron agefranceMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2015/3 (2015)
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description	In 2010 archaeological excavations on the pre-Roman site of Urville Nacqueville, Normandy (France) discovered a shaped unknown wooden implement. This boomerang shaped wooden artefact, dated from 120 to 80 BC, has been found in an enclosure trench of a Gaulish village close to a ritual deposit of whalebones. The careful study of this implement, aside from archaeological and ethnological comparison, shows that it has probably been used more like a bird-hunting throwing stick. To test this hypothesis, experimental crafting and throwing of a replica has been conducted, aiming to get more information about its functionality from the various flying trajectories obtained.
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title	A Gaulish Throwing Stick Discovery in Normandy: Study and Throwing Experimentations
title_short	A Gaulish Throwing Stick Discovery in Normandy: Study and Throwing Experimentations
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A Gaulish Throwing Stick Discovery in Normandy: Study and Throwing Experimentations

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