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Early Dutch dam builders and a boomerang - Tarbicus - 01-06-2006
Another New Scientist article, about finds in Vlaardingen:
Early Dutch dam builders were plagued by lice
Anyone know more about the boomerang they found?
hock: Quote:... His team uncovered other everyday artefacts, including a boomerang, some clothing, a herring and a hobnailed Roman army boot...
Re: Early Dutch dam builders and a boomerang - Jeroen Pelgrom - 01-06-2006
hmm, haven't read this in the local newspapers. That boomerang is surprising!
Re: Early Dutch dam builders and a boomerang - john m roberts - 01-06-2006
The flat, curved or angled throwing-stick has been used by many cultures for killing small game and birds. Egyptian tomb-paintings show people hunting birds in the marshes with them. Hopi Indians used them to hunt rabbits. Only the Australian Aborigines developed the kind that returns to the thrower, but by preference they used the non-returning kind for hunting and even warfare.
Re: Early Dutch dam builders and a boomerang - Tarbicus - 01-06-2006
John, cool stuff
Quote:... but by preference they used the non-returning kind for ... even warfare.Which meant, in a completely ironic way, that if they missed the boomerang possibly did return to them in an unfortunate manner.
Quote:hmm, haven't read this in the local newspapers.Jeroen, it's quite an old story from 1996.
Re: Early Dutch dam builders and a boomerang - andym - 01-07-2006
I bet the Herring was just as big a suprise1Bet it smelled a wee bit! :lol: :lol:
Re: Early Dutch dam builders and a boomerang - Jeroen Pelgrom - 01-09-2006
Quote:it's quite an old story from 1996
D'Oh!
Re: Early Dutch dam builders and a boomerang - Arthes - 01-09-2006
Quote:Another New Scientist article, about finds in Vlaardingen:Here is a picture of the wobble board, er boomarang in question......[url:r29izk58]http://www.itc.nl/~bakker/earsel/200006gif/vlaardingen.jpg[/url]
Early Dutch dam builders were plagued by lice
Anyone know more about the boomerang they found?
Quote:... His team uncovered other everyday artefacts, including a boomerang, some clothing, a herring and a hobnailed Roman army boot...
and what about this one made from a Hippopotamus tooth... [url:r29izk58]http://www.flight-toys.com/boomerang/info/moyen.html[/url] is it me or , especially looking at the central etching....
hock: ?regards
Arthes
Re: Early Dutch dam builders and a boomerang - ambrosius - 01-10-2006
Quote: is it me or , especially looking at the central etching....
Er herm... I was interpreting that as a...... tail? :oops: :lol:
Btw, why are these items being identified as boomarangs? This one may
look like a boomerang, but it has etchings on both sides, and there are
paired notches symetrically placed on both ends, which suggests that it
was meant to be strapped to something; maybe as part of a head-dress?
Ambrosius
Re: Early Dutch dam builders and a boomerang - Tarbicus - 01-10-2006
Quote:and there are paired notches symetrically placed on both ends, which suggests that it was meant to be strapped to something; maybe as part of a head-dress?I think the 'notches' are rests from the support to hold the boomerang on display.
Great pics Arthes, thanks
Re: Early Dutch dam builders and a boomerang - mcbishop - 01-12-2006
Quote:Btw, why are these items being identified as boomarangs?
Presumably because the cross sections are opposing airfoils. No airfoil = no boomerang. Etchings are irrelevant to an airfoil apart from producing additional drag.
Mike Bishop
Re: Early Dutch dam builders and a boomerang - john m roberts - 01-12-2006
"Boomerang" is of course an Australian Aboriginal word and I believe it is used for the non-returning as well as the returning type. In any case, it is commonly used to describe any such flat, curved or angled throwing stick because -well- it's convenient. When you say boomerang people automatically picture what you mean, even if it's in the hand of an Egyptian, Hopi or ancient Dutchman.