University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Anthropology Department Theses and Dissertations Anthropology, Department of 4-2013 Experimentation in Sling Weaponry: Effectiveness of and Archaeological Implications for a World-Wide Primitive Technology Eric T. Skov University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/anthrotheses Part of the Anthropology Commons Skov, Eric T., "Experimentation in Sling Weaponry: Effectiveness of and Archaeological Implications for a World-Wide Primitive Technology" (2013). Anthropology Department Theses and Dissertations. 30. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/anthrotheses/30 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Anthropology, Department of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Anthropology Department Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Experimentation in Sling Weaponry: Effectiveness of and Archaeological Implications for a World-Wide Primitive Technology by Eric Skov A THESIS Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts Major: Anthropology Under the Supervision of Professor LuAnn Wandsnider Lincoln, Nebraska May, 2013 EXPERIMENTATION IN SLING WEAPONRY: EFFECTIVENESS OF AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR A WORLD- WIDE PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY Eric Thomas Skov, M.A. University of Nebraska, 2013 Adviser: LuAnn Wandsnider The sling is a simple, cheap and effective weapon that was widely distributed among prehistoric and historic populations. Well-known archaeological and textual evidence attests to its widespread military usage in Europe, South America and Central America. However, ethnographic and archaeological evidence also suggest that the sling was widely distributed among Native American populations.