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Title: Greetings: A writer researching the history of slings and spear throwers
Post by Gemwise on Oct 1^st, 2020 at 12:20pm

New: writer doing research,

Greetings all! I'm a writer working on a historical or perhaps prehistorical would be a better term; novel set in the Aurignacian period in South Central France. I'm interested in the history (how far back) we can realistically place slings and atlatls and batons. Toying with the idea that thong-throwing as described in Primitive Technology: A Book Of Earth Skills (1999) may have been a technology which preceded the sling and may have been current in the period.

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Post by joe_meadmaker on Oct 1^st, 2020 at 2:15pm

Welcome from Pennsylvania! Good luck with your research. The question of when slings may have first come into use is definitely a hard one to answer.

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Post by Greenjay on Oct 2^nd, 2020 at 12:31am

Howdy from North texas.

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Post by Mersa on Oct 2^nd, 2020 at 7:26am

Greetings from oz

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Post by vetryan15 on Oct 2^nd, 2020 at 10:06am

Welcome from northern maine

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Post by NooneOfConsequence on Oct 2^nd, 2020 at 12:13pm

Howdy from South Texas!

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Post by Kick on Oct 2^nd, 2020 at 12:36pm

Welcome from Finland!

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Post by Rat Man on Oct 3^rd, 2020 at 12:07am

Welcome, Gemwise;
Greetings from New Jersey.