Serovo Bow?
I am seeking any information on this bow. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
It is the bow found in Lenna Valley, I believe Siberia. Antler, wood, sinew composite.
It is the bow found in Lenna Valley, I believe Siberia. Antler, wood, sinew composite.
I assume this is one of the Pribajkalja finds from the Serovskij period - 15 of these are from the Angara river and one from the Lena. No wood or sinew remain, only antler belly strips. Average reconstructed length 40", maximum 59". 15 bows have 2 strips per stave, the other three. Antler strips are rounded and polished on one side and flat and roughened on the other where glued to the core. One set of strips has evidence of nocks, so these bows were not likely to have had siyahs. Source: Gad Rausing, The Bow: Some Notes on Its Origin and Development.
The Serovo-Glazkovo culture refers to a Siberian Late Neolithic to Bronze Age culture (4200-3200 BP) located in the Baikal area (from archaeology.about.com).
The Serovo-Glazkovo culture refers to a Siberian Late Neolithic to Bronze Age culture (4200-3200 BP) located in the Baikal area (from archaeology.about.com).
Thanks Andrew.
Does anyone know anything more? Has there been anymore discoveries?
Does anyone know anything more? Has there been anymore discoveries?
I recall seeing some archaeological drawings of some Siberian bows of about 4000 years old with long asymmetric shapes and antler bellies made of butted strips. Some were slightly overlapped.
It was at an exhibition and they were on the walls as display panels. I have a photograph at home with the names of the areas. I will look it up tonight.
It was at an exhibition and they were on the walls as display panels. I have a photograph at home with the names of the areas. I will look it up tonight.
Thankyou so very much. Jarslav said you were the man to talk too.
There is a line drawing of the Serovo grave in the Lena Valley in J.G.D. Clark, Neolithic Bows from Somerset, England, and the Prehistory of Archery in North-west Europe, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 1963, Fig. 1. This article can be downloaded from http://www.archerie-primitive.com/arc_p ... ticles.htm . This shows the antler plates forming a strange "S" shape.
There is also a line drawing of the remains of a bow from Angara River, Pribajkalja, Siberia in Gad Rausing, The Bow: Some Notes on Its Origin and Development, Fig. 60. This shows a more conventional shape with a very slight reflex in the centre and set in the mid-limbs.
There is also a line drawing of the remains of a bow from Angara River, Pribajkalja, Siberia in Gad Rausing, The Bow: Some Notes on Its Origin and Development, Fig. 60. This shows a more conventional shape with a very slight reflex in the centre and set in the mid-limbs.
I already have those documents. But thanks anyway. You know i'm wondering as i study the odd shape of the atler spices; it appears to me that sections of the wood core (assumeing-there-was-one) may have deteriorated faster that the bow string. Yes i'm saying i believe this bow was buried strung. As certian sections deteriorated and glued, or sinewed splices slowly came undone, that the bow may have torgued a bit until finally resting in the position it was discovered. Just a theory.