What date was the bow and arrow invented?

Answer 1

The original hunting weapon of the first people to occupy the Americas was the spear-thrower or atlatl. The bow was a comparatively recent development, perhaps around 2,000 years ago or as late as 1,000 years ago.

One of the oldest bows found archaeologically is from a mound burial at Mounds Plantation Site, Caddo Parish, Louisiana which was carbon-14 dated to 1050 to 1070 AD.

Answer 2

The bow was used as a hunting tool in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. It was a long range weapon which could knock down almost any opponent. It's precision could find a vital spot on the enemy thus killing it. Many Natives were skilled in the art of the bow and could deliver a blow whenever they wished. The bow was made out of wood depending on which tribe it was. The arrow had a thin wooden shaft with a flint tip and feathers at the end which gave it more accuracy. The bow and arrow was a very threatening weapon delivering killing blows to any living being.

Answer 3

The date is disputed but is generally accepted as having been around for at least 10,000 years.

Some fragments of what could have been arrowheads were found in South Africa and were dated at 61,000 years old.

However, the oldest verified bow fragment ever found was dug up from a peat bog in Denmark. It was carbon dated as being only 8,000 years old.

Other verified remains of bows outside of Denmark, older than 6000 years old, are exclusive to North West and Central Europe. Ancient bows have been found in England, France, Norway, Germany and most famously in the Alps (Oetzi).

Bow remains between 6000 and 4000 years old have been found in rest of Europe, the Middle East, Egypt, Pakistan and India. The oldest bows in China and Sub-Saharan Africa date from approximately 3000 years ago.

The bow and arrow appeared in North America, roughly 2,500 years ago, it replaced the atlatl (spear thrower) and dart. The bow eventually spread to Mesoamerica by around 100 AD, and to South America by 300 AD.

Answer 4

Yes, the Penobscot did use bows, they have made up a double bow (smaller bow on a larger bow) which they believed to perform better than a singular bow.

Answer 5

to hunt buffalos and deer and other animals with protein and frock

Answer 6

The earliest people to use bow and arrows were the Egyptians 5,000 years ago. It dates back in China to the Shang dynasty.