Talk:History of archery

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thread_title: Moerou toukon

message: I was shocked when I was told that the bow and arrow were brought to the Americas by Europeans.  I came to this article to confirm or deny this statement and it says almost nothing about the use of archery in the pre-Columbian Americas.  The one claim made in this article is backed up by an article from 1901! I'm not an expert on this and i wouldn't know where to start, but for you archery experts out there can you support or deny this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arthurian Legend (talk • contribs) 17:21, August 26, 2007 (UTC) 
:http://www.westernartifacts.com/museum.htm
:According to this website, there exist many arrowheads found in North America that date back well before Columbus. :Mortician103 (talk) 03:40, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  There's no doubt at all that the pre-Columbian Americans knew archery. The first written accounts are from Columbus' first voyage. The article should at least mention that the bows are used by the natives of both North and South America as well as by the Inuit. It is known that the some tribes and the Inuit used composite bows, anywhere else some kind of long bow was used. -- 91.67.198.27 (talk) 04:55, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Bows and arrows were in widespread use when Europeans arrived in the Americas. So were atlatls. Dating the first use is difficult anywhere in the world because stone points - which survive very well and of course are very widespread - may have been used on atlatl darts or on spears. To demonstrate the use of bows you really need to produce the bows themselves, and they just don't survive that well. There are a few from Northern European bogs, which is why the history of archery currently starts there. I've read comments that archery was fairly recent in the Americas, but I'd love to find a good secondary source on the subject. Richard Keatinge (talk) 09:27, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of the bow and arrow in the Americas 

message: As there is little here (apart from the pictures) not already,and generally better, in the Archery article. Richard Keatinge (talk) 17:06, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggest deletion

message: I have done a fairly extensive rewrite.Richard Keatinge (talk) 18:21, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Expansion with material from [[Archery]]

message: User:Ghostexorcist suggests expanding the section on China. It is not the only section in which considerable expansion would be possible. Indeed, almost anything to do with archery could be put in here. May I suggest that this article can be expanded, but that we should take full advantage of internal and external links and further reading to keep it encyclopaedic, but still a lot shorter than my archery bookshelf?Richard Keatinge (talk) 18:21, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Further expansion

message: Is real. Someone pointed out that this wasn't actually first contact and cried foul, and Survival International pointed out that they'd never said it was first contact, they'd been monitoring this group for years from the air, but they had never spoken with the people. Who are definitely aiming bows, possibly loaded. Richard Keatinge (talk) 15:46, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The Amazonian tribe

message: I don't see much information on this page detailing if and/or when sub-Saharan African people created and/or used bows. I know Nubians had extensive interaction with Egyptians and were used as soldiers, so maybe they were taught to create the bow and arrow? Does anyone have any reliable sources of information concerning this? Mortician103 (talk) 03:34, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Sub-Saharan Africa Archery

message: Archery, as we know it, is a far cry from its earliest development.  Austrlian Aborigines hunted game with bows from distances exceeding 200 meters, as their oral tradition has it.  Australian bows range from about half a meter length (used in "pursuit" hunting) to about 2.3 meters, used in sport and war.  
Arrows vary from flat unfletched sticks about 700 cm long, tipped with rotten Kangaroo liver to 3-fletched and 4-fletched cylindrical arrows, with large flint or obsidian points that resemble barbs.  The complexity of the weapon made it less than popular, owing to the development of the boomerang and later, steel spikes that were thrown from as far as 75 meters.  Yet another development was the Kumawala (?), which amounts to a slotted stick, swung in a wide arc, sending the wooden or metal projectile considerable distances with surprising accuracy.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocmike3 (talk • contribs) 05:39, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  We don't really know when archery began..... 

message: Rated as start because, although much of the article is well referenced, other areas lack citations.Monstrelet (talk) 17:16, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  MILHIST initial assessment 

message: I've been making some edits to the Kerala article, mostly on origins and early history and culture; Villavar (which I've tagged for clarification) currently redirects to Archery. It should probably redirect or pipe-link to History of archery#Indian Subcontinent but as in the Kerala article, nothing there explains the term. Does anyone (Richard K, for instance?) know of reliable scholarly sources on archery's role in Villavar culture? (I've placed a similar request at Archery) Haploidavey (talk) 13:13, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Villavar 

message: The bow and arrow constituted the classical Indian weapon of warfare, from the Vedic period, until the advent of Islam,what is the point. what happen to bow and arrow after avdant of islam. Islam came to india frist comig to ancient iran and iraq.if enything good or bad which is not clear, has to do with advent of islam than it should have mention above.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nkatyan (talk • contribs) 15:14, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:   Advent of Islam 

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message: The section on the medieval period is very sparse, considering it's the time when archery use was most common. It's also got terrible style - just a list of factoids. DJ Clayworth (talk) 14:59, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I've started the process of making it better. Lots more to be done. DJ Clayworth (talk) 18:31, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Medieval Period 

message: In the Asia section, it is said "13th century bows were said to be able to shoot 700–800 meters accurately". That is unsupported by the linked article, who notes 500m ranges, but for distance championships, not accuracy. Reports of "shooting a plate" or a horn through an opening at that distance in the article are likely distorted brags or "heroic deeds". Or we have to believe the Mongol archer DID call out the vertebra they would shoot before killing foxes while riding at 500m... 45.72.221.52 (talk) 17:22, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  700-800m accurate range unsupported