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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: Quiver, Arrow, Quarrel, Ky d, History of archery, Modern competitive archery, Mounted archery, Chinese archery, Target archery, Archery games, Deer hunting, Turkish archery, Glossary of archery terms, Longbow, Arrow poison, Bowhunting, Arrowhead, Popinjay, Field archery, Bowyer, Yabusame, Clout archery, Bowfishing, Bow string, Bow draw, Bodkin point, Stone wrist-guard, Toxophilus, Bracer, Archer's paradox, Flu-flu arrow, Thumb ring, Hoddywell Archery Park, Bowstring, Fletching, Holless Wilbur Allen, Finger tab, Signal arrow, Archery UK, Fistmele, Cresting machine, Bullseye, Moorabbin Archery Club, Makha, Target panic, Camel archer, The Archer's Craft, Flote, Cast. Excerpt: Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from "arcus" (Latin). Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity. One who practises archery is typically known as an "archer" or "bowman," and one who is fond of or an expert at archery can be referred to as a "toxophilite." The bow seems to have been invented in the late Paleolithic or early Mesolithic periods. The oldest indication for its use in Europe comes from the Stellmoor in the Ahrensburg valley north of Hamburg, Germany and date from the late Paleolithic, about 10,000-9000 BC. The arrows were made of pine and consisted of a mainshaft and a 15-20 centimetre (6-8 inches) long fore shaft with a flint point. There are no definite earlier bows; previous pointed shafts are known, but may have been launched by atlatls rather than bows. The oldest bows known so far come from the Holmegard swamp in Denmark. Bows eventually replaced the atlatl as the predominant means for launching shafted projectiles, on every continent except Australia (woomera used), though the atlatl persi...
