Arcul și săgețile în eneoliticul transilvănean. O abordare experimentală
Bow and Arrows in the Transylvanian Eneolithic. An Experimental Approach

Summary/Abstract: Hunting was an important activity to the prehistoric human communities. Bow and arrow generalised as early as the end of the Palaeolithic and became increasingly more sophisticated over the following periods. The discovery of two Eneolithic arrowheads (Fig. 2/1-2) during the systematic excavations carried out at the Rapoltu Mare – La Vie (Jipiş Hill) site raised our interest in identifying the degree of efficiency of such implements. Thus, we resorted to the methods of experimental archaeology, replicating complete projectiles points (Fig. 3-8) and testing the effects of arrows with carved stone or antler heads on a medium-sized animal carcass (Fig. 9-11). The results of the archaeological experiments showed notable differences between the two types of arrowheads, highlighting the behaviours of the arrows the moment they hit and penetrate the target as well as the damages caused (Table 2).

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