Re: Persistent predators at Schoningen

On 7.10.2024. 22:17, JTEM wrote:

  Mario Petrinovic wrote:

         I didn't read the whole document. In that sentence that I showed you, it is obvious that they found thrusting spears, because you cannot thrust throwing spears

 Of course you can.
 The only potential differences, really, is that throwing spears
generally had sharpened points, instead of stone points. They
just sharpened the end of the shaft.
 But of course there's nothing stopping them from afixing stone
points, and sharpened ends is probably better suited to spear
fishing than taking down a horse.
 A horse is going to run quite some distance before dropping from
a sharpened stick...
 Stone blades are knives that work back & forth as an animal runs,
enlarging the wound.

Thrusting spears should be more robust, hence more heavy. The lighter the spear, the further you can throw it. So, this one you can throw only short distance, it is heavy thrusting spear. Just like you said, in throwing spears it is important that stony point makes wound. In general, animals that are living north have thick fur. This isn't good for throwing spears, you have to thrust the spear into an animal (whether it has stony point, or not).