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Poison Arrows: North American Indian Hunting and Warfare

Autor David E. Jones
en Limba Engleză Paperback – feb 2007
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 in Poison Arrows.
Examining evidence within the few extant descriptive accounts of Native American warfare, along with grooved arrowheads and clues from botanical knowledge, Jones builds a solid case to indicate widespread and very effective use of many types of toxins. He argues that various groups applied them to not only warfare but also to hunting, and even as an early form of insect extermination. Culling extensive ethnological, historical, and archaeological data, Jones provides a thoroughly comprehensive survey of the use of ethnobotanical and entomological compounds applied in wide-ranging ways, including homicide and suicide. Although many narratives from the contact period in North America deny such uses, Jones now offers conclusive documentation to prove otherwise.
A groundbreaking study of a subject that has been long overlooked, Poison Arrows imparts an extraordinary new perspective to the history of warfare, weaponry, and deadly human ingenuity.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780292722293
ISBN-10: 029272229X
Pagini: 136
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Locul publicării:United States

Notă biografică

David E. Jones is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

Cuprins

  • Introduction
  • 1. On Plant Poisons
  • 2. Nonmilitary Poisons
  • 3. World Survey of Arrow Poisoning
  • 4. Arrow Poisons of the North American Indians
  • 5. Other Uses of Poisons in Warfare
  • 6. Paleo-Indian Poison Use
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: North American Indian Tribes That Used Arrow Poison and Types of Poison Used
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Descriere

A provocative, comprehensive survey of organic compounds used as poisons—on arrows and spears, in food, and even as insecticides—by numerous Native American tribes.