Re-creating old weapons for new discoveries of human history
July 13, 2017 by Dake Kang
Metin Eren wasn't satisfied just digging up ancient arrowheads to learn about the past. He wanted to use them for their intended purpose.
But shooting and shattering priceless millennia-old tips is out of the question, so instead, the archaeologist chips replicas of the stone-age weapons by hand.
"We can break 'em and throw 'em," he says. "Our imagination is the limit."
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https://phys.org/news/2017-07-re-creating-weapons-discoveries-human-history.html#jCp
