CL 112LEC Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: 2G, Chalcolithic, Spear-Thrower

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Classics
• Course: CL 112LEC
• Professor: Timothy Boyd

Document Summary

C lithic copper stone available to make tools and weapons . stone working knapping ( hitting rock against a stone to make sharp. Earliest stone weapons : daggers - ( hand) axes (cid:8869) Since the early animals were much larger , they needed much more than daggers and hand axes . (cid:8869) thus created fire hardened pointy sticks and spears . 70 , ooo zo , ooo years ago bow was invented years ago spear - thrower (atlatl or aus . womera) 11,000 - lo , ooo years ago (neolithic) a . domestication of plants + animals: building of permeuant dwellings. : : : : : :c: :* . warfare begins : banks and ditches, casualties. Papua new guinea to the dani ( people) : Spiritual balance: boundaries, live stock methods of fighting , missile weapons ( throw spears) heroic ( one on one )