Tipologia vârfurilor de săgeţi din Moldova secolelor XIV-XV. Metodologie, clasificare şi analiză statistică
The typology of arrowheads in fourteenth and fifteenth centuries' Moldavia. Methodology, classification and statistical analysis

Summary/Abstract: The development of the bow has held a central position in the evolution of military technology. It is, by far, the most frequently represented weapon in the archaeological record and (unlike other weapons) it tends to occur in datable contexts on excavated sites. This situation is largely accidental because being easy to manufacture and cheap made them easily replaceable if broken or lost. The fortunate result is that a more comprehensive and reliable archaeological study is possible for the bow and arrow than for any other medieval military findings. The general intention of this paper is to develop a basic typology for the study of medieval arrowheads in 14th-15th centuries Moldavia. The classification is obtained with the help of statistical analysis through the comparison of quantitative and functional characteristics.

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