Sibudu Bow-and-Arrow Use
Stone-tipped bow-and-arrow hunting technology inferred from Sibudu Cave lithic evidence.
Core metadata
- ID: archery
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -64000 (millennium)
- Region: Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
Dependents
- Early Ballistics (ballistics_early)
- Combined Arms Tactics (combined_arms_tactics)
- Gastraphetes (Belly-Bow) (gastraphetes_belly_bow)
- Longbow (longbow)
- Organized Military Formations (organized_military_formations)
- Siege Engineering (siege_engineering)
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Indications of bow and stone-tipped arrow use 64 000 years ago in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Antiquity, 2010, primary_paper) • Supports: node, edge, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 1
- Average edge confidence: 84%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- primary_source: 1
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Tool Making (stone_tool_making) | required | 84% | primary_source | The Sibudu claim is inferred from stone artefacts and their context, so stone-tool production is the direct material prerequisite for this scoped stone-tipped arrow evidence. |
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