bow (fwd)

[Koontz John E]

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Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 10:11:36 -0600 (MDT)
From: Koontz John E <koontz at spot.colorado.edu>
To: David Costa <pankihtamwa at earthlink.net>
Cc: "Rankin, Robert L" <rankin at ku.edu>, John Koontz <John.Koontz at colorado.edu>,
     Mike McCafferty <mmccaffe at indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: bow

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, David Costa wrote:
> Another possible wrinkle on this is that a couple very well supported PA
> 'arrow' words can be reconstructed. Tho I spose one could say those meant
> 'spear' or whatever and that those terms got transferred to 'arrow'.

Arrows are essentially light throwing spears launched with the aid of a
taut string.  The usual evidence for a transition from throwing spears to
arrows is a reduction in the size of the points recovered, I think.  As
far as I know the usual Siouan terms for 'arrow' are actually 'arrow
head'.

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