Absolutely excellent post Gonzalo!!! Well worded and thought out with greatly supported data and observations........textbook my friend!
From what little I know of the history of lances as spears, it is great to read through the great discussion here.
From earlier discussions on the lance in the frontier regions of Mexico and early American southwest, these were often the weapon of choice as ammunition was typically scarce. These were shorter stabbing type lances from my understanding, and it seems that the American Indian tribes may have adopted the weapon style and techniques in use from the Spanish.
Manolo and Fernando thank you for the great discourse on the linguistics concerning these weapons. I think terminology and the semantics in describing weaponry often presents considerably interesting challenges.
All the best,
Jim
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