Bows and Arrows of N.- and E. Europe + Central- and N. Asia – Vol. 1

Northern Europe: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, parts of Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Belarus.

Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and parts of Iran.

Northern Asia: the Asian part of Russia, Mongolia, and parts of northern China.

The various peoples and cultures of these regions have shifted significantly over the millennia, which is mentioned in the individual chapters and also partially includes adjacent fringe areas. The book attempts to untangle and present the many cultural overlaps, their mutual influences, dispersions, origins, and disappearances over the past 20,000 years, in such a way that provides a coherent picture of the use of bow and arrow as hunting and warfare tools in this geographically vast area.

Following a chronological table, the prehistoric finds are examined. This is followed by the comprehensive works of Adler, Litwinsky, and Medvedev, which are not fragmented throughout the book but form the general, cross-cultural part. Then, in the specific, culture-specific part, the most dominant cultures are discussed in chronological order, and culture-specific part, the most dominant cultures are discussed in chronological order, and finally, the ethnic groups in the expanses of Siberia/Northern Asia. Some of these ethnic finally, the ethnic groups in the expanses of Siberia/Northern Asia. Some of these ethnic groups are partially already mentioned in Adler’s work and are additionally examined in groups are partially already mentioned in Adler’s work and are additionally examined in more detail.

With more than 1.370 illustrations, many of them in colour, as well as 89 plates on 480 pages in A 4.

ISBN: 978-3-948396-30-5  more than 2.6 kg.

The second volume has 200 pages and is available under ISBN 978-3-948396-35-0.