Analyses of micro-damages on the edges of typologically clearly identified Levallois points indicated the method of attachment to the wooden body of the spear.
For the first time we can speak about projectile, which had smaller length and smaller mass than hand spear and special improvement was the use of a tip made of chipped stone or ground antler or bone.
Such situations inevitably resulted in creating more efficient weapons throwing spears. However, usefulness of this type of weapon was brought into question in two instances in a situation when it is necessary to come close enough to a big game and thus put the life of a hunter at stake and when it is necessary to come even closer to small game, which certainly do not sit and wait for the hunter. 1 With this type of weaponry, which due to its size and weight was not intended for throwing the penetration was achieved as an effect of considerable kinetic energy resulting from power and swiftness of stroke and the mass of the weapon. The earliest known specimen is heavy, crudely worked wooden spear with pointed tip found at Clacton on sea and it is one of just a few proofs for use of organic materials for making weapons already in the Lower Paleolithic. HISTORY OF PROJECTILE EVOLUTION There is no doubt that occurrence of bow and arrow was preceded by a long period characterized by use of their predecessor a spear. The question how, when and where bow and arrow had been used for the first time in history has drawn attention of scholars long time ago but despite many archaeological discoveries precise answers have not been attained so far. projectiles, chipped stone, prehistory, Serbia. We carried out the analysis of morphotechnical characteristics and defined basic types and their general dating. In this work we studied all specimens known and available so far from the literature and/or in museum collections. The projectiles are the least abundant group and the least known segment of the chipped stone artifacts in the prehistory of Serbia. 3 INSTITUT ARCHÉOLOGIQUE BEOGRAD ARHEOLO Comité de rédaction Rastko VASI], Slobodan DU, Noël DUVAL (Paris), Maja PAROVI]-PE, Marko POPOVI], Nikola TASI], Olivera ILI] (secrétaire de la rédaction) BEOGRAD 2006ĥ Arheoloaġ1 UDK 903.2✶32/638«(497.11) 9 JOSIP Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade CHIPPED STONE PROJECTILES IN THE TERRITORY OF SERBIA IN PREHISTORY Abstract.
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