ARROWPOIXTS, SPEARHEADS, AND KNIVES. 



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the form and use of the bow ami arrow in that locality at that period. 

 Tlie bow was longer than a innn was tall. It was not regular in its 

 form, as are most bows. It consisted of three curves, the center being 

 the smallest and shortest. The drawings (figs. 39, 40) show the form. 

 These forms may have been exaggerated by the ancient artist, but they 

 are our only source of knowledge. From the scenes depicted elsewhere 



ou the cinctures, it is concluded that 

 these bows served for the chase as well 

 as for war. 



Chips and tlakes of obsidian, few in 

 number and irregular and uncertain in 

 form and from the mountains of Alla- 

 gheuz, were found by de Morgan, which 



I^g. 39. Fig. JO. 



PREHISTORIC ARMENIAN BOWS, ENGRAVED ON BRONZE CINCTURES. 



Fig. 39 — From cemetery of Akthala; fig. 40 — from Mou^i-yeri. 



lie Moriran, figs. M, 191. Natural size. 



he thinks may have been used as arrowheads. The author may be 

 permitted to doubt the generality of such usage — he would not deny 

 isolated or sporadic cases. 



The arrowheads found were of bronze or iron (figs. 41-45, ) and were 

 of curious forms, some socketed, some stemmed, some with long, fine 

 barbs, others leaf-shaped. Some were arranged with a stem or tang to 

 be inserted in the shaft (figs. 42, 43), others had a socket in which the 

 arrow shaft was to be inserted, and a small hole was provided with a 

 nail or point to fasten it (figs. 41, 44, 45). Some had a curious barb, more 

 the appearance of a nail or spur, springing from the socket, which had 



