Author: Allan R. HolmbergPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Nomads of the Long Bow
Author: Allan R. HolmbergPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Nomads of the Long Bow
Author: Allan R. HolmbergPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780364478103
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Excerpt from Nomads of the Long Bow: The Siriono of Eastern Bolivia In our own society there are many individuals who suffer from lack of food, but one rarely finds hunger as a group phenomenon. For this reason a primitive society, the Siriono of eastern Bolivia, was chosen for study. The Siriono were selected for several reasons. In the first place, they were reported to be seminomadic and to suffer from lack of food. In the second place, they were known to be a functioning society. In the third place, the conditions for study among them seemed favorable, since it was possible to make contact with the primitive bands roaming in the forest through an Indian school which had been established by the Bolivian Government in 1937 for those Siriono who had come out of the forest and abandoned aboriginal life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
NOMADS OF THE LONG BOW
Author: ALLAN R. HOLMBERGPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033163153
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Nomads of the Long Bow
Author: Allan R. HolmbergPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Siriono Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Nomads of the Long Bow
Author: Allan R. HolmbergPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Nomads of the Long Bow
Author: Allan R. HolmbergPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Nomads of the Long Bow. The Siriono of Eastern Bolivia, Etc
Author: Allan Richard HOLMBERGPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Nomads of the Long Bow
Author: Allan R. HolmbergNomads of the Long Bow
Author: Allan R. HolmbergPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Siriono Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
War Bows
Author: Mike LoadesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472825527
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
War bows dominated battlefields across the world for centuries. In their various forms, they allowed trained archers to take down even well-armoured targets from great distances, and played a key role in some of the most famous battles in human history. The composite bow was a versatile and devastatingly effective weapon, on foot, from chariots and on horseback for over a thousand years, used by cultures as diverse as the Hittites, the Romans, the Mongols and the Ottoman Turks. The Middle Ages saw a clash between the iconic longbow and the more technologically sophisticated crossbow, most famously during the Hundred Years War, while in Japan, the samurai used the yumi to deadly effect, unleashing bursts of arrows from their galloping steeds. Historical weapons expert Mike Loades reveals the full history of these four iconic weapons that changed the nature of warfare. Complete with modern ballistics testing, action recreations of what it is like to fire each bow and a critical analysis of the technology and tactics associated with each bow, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in ancient arms.