Baggara spear "shalazieh"

David R · 1st December 2013, 07:47 PM

The hollowed form of the blade on many African spearheads is apparently a by product of using stone/pebble anvils.
Ref.M.J.Swanton 1973
The Spearheads of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements
ISBN 0 903986 01 9
Chap 6
footnote 6
Where this feature is noted and discussed as appearing on both Anglo-Saxon and African spearheads.
I don't normaly bother much with referrences but some people seem to like them.

1st December 2013, 07:47 PM	#15
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,135	The hollowed form of the blade on many African spearheads is apparently a by product of using stone/pebble anvils. Ref.M.J.Swanton 1973 The Spearheads of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements ISBN 0 903986 01 9 Chap 6 footnote 6 Where this feature is noted and discussed as appearing on both Anglo-Saxon and African spearheads. I don't normaly bother much with referrences but some people seem to like them.