Poison Arrows North American Indian Hunting and Warfare

Name: Poison Arrows North American Indian Hunting and Warfare
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ISBN: 9780292722293

ISBN-10: 029272229X

ISBN-13: 9780292722293

Edition: 2007

Authors: David E. Jones

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Biological warfare is a menacing twenty-first-century issue, but its origins extend to antiquity. While the recorded use of toxins in warfare in some ancient populations is rarely disputed (the use of arsenical smoke in China, which dates to at least 1000 BC, for example) the use of "poison arrows" and other deadly substances by Native American groups has been fraught with contradiction. At last revealing clear documentation to support these theories, anthropologist David Jones transforms the realm of ethnobotany inPoison Arrows. Examining evidence within the few extant descriptive accounts of Native American warfare, along with grooved arrowheads and clues from botanical knowledge, Jones…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 2/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 136
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English