دانلود کتاب Bows and Arrows of the Greenland Thule Culture (1200–1900 AD): A study of archaeological and ethnographic sources

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Bows and Arrows of the Greenland Thule Culture (1200–1900 AD)
Contents
List of figures
List of maps
List of plates
List of tables
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Background
2.1. Bow and arrow mechanics
2.1.1. Energy storage
Draw weight
Draw length
Bow length
Profile
2.2.2. Energy transmission
Limb mass
Mass placement
String mass
Arrow mass
2.2. Terminology and classification of Arctic bows and arrows
2.3. Characteristics of Arctic archery technology
2.3.1. Raw materials
Driftwood
Antler
Whalebone
Horn and baleen
Hide
Sinew
Feathers
Metal
Stone
2.3.2. Joining techniques
Splint
Scarfs
2.3.3. The cable backing
2.3.4. Tools and manufacturing process
3. Thule culture archery in Greenland
3.1. The corpus: spatial distribution, find context, and preservation
3.2. Analysis
3.2.1. Raw materials (Map 3; Appendix A3 and 7)
3.2.2. Design (Appendix A5 and 9)
Bow cross sections
Bow silhouettes, limb taper and profiles
Arrow design
3.2.3. Technology (Appendix A6 and 10)
Treatment of the grain
Splices and joining techniques
3.3. Regional Variability
3.3.1. Polar Greenland (Pl. 4–9)
3.3.2. Northwest Greenland (Pl. 10–17)
3.3.3. Central West Greenland (Pl. 18–25)
3.3.4. East Greenland (Pl. 26–29)
3.4. Miniature bows
3.5. Chronology
3.5.1. Earliest and latest Thule archery in Polar Greenland
3.5.2. Parallel traditions in West Greenland
3.5.3. Continuity in East Greenland
3.5.4. Arctic backing and screw tang – two Greenlandic innovations?
4. The Greenland bow in context
4.1. Bow design and use environment
4.2. Shooting technique
4.3. Bow hunting strategies
5. Conclusion and perspectives
References
Appendix
A1 – Studied bows of the Greenland Thule culture
A2 – Studied arrows of the Greenland Thule culture
A3 – Bow raw materials
A4 – Bow measurements (in cm)
A5 – Bow design
A6 – Bow technology
A7 – Arrow raw materials
A8 – Arrow measurements (in cm)
A9 – Arrow design
A10 – Arrow technology
A11 – Single antler arrowheads from West Greenland (in cm)