Ministry of Culture

Unbowed: Raiding and Hunting with Paracas Spearthrowers and Slings and the Conspicuous Absence of the Bow in Western South America

Abstract New weapons such as the bow and arrow often emerge alongside rising population densities and interpersonal conflict. We test this generalization in southern Peru during the violent Final Formative (400–1 BCE ) with measurements of 200 obsidian projectile points anchored...