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SPAIN Sunday, November 04, 2012
IN THIS ISSUEFrom The TrenchesThe Desert and the DeadFractals and PyramidsOff the GridMosaics of HuqoqMedieval Fashion StatementThe Bog ArmyWho Came to America First?Settling Southeast AsiaLivestock for the AfterlifeRunning Guns to Irish RebelsHigh Rise of the DeadDiagnosis of Ancient IllnessPharaoh’s Port?Peru’s Mysterious Infant BurialsRecent Issues |
SPAIN: The site of La Draga has produced the oldest Neolithic bow in Europe, a threeand-a-half-foot length of yew dating to between 5400 and 5200 b.c. It was found in the remains of the area’s earliest farming settlement. Though the bow could have been used for hunting, the practice does not seem to have been common at La Draga, suggesting the weapon might have been a status symbol or used for defense of the community. —Samir S. Patel
