Section: Projectiles
Variable: Atlatl (All coded records)
The absence or presence of atlatl as a military technology used in warfare.  
Atlatl
#  Polity  Coded Value Tags Year(s) Edit Desc
1 Early Qing unknown Suspected Expert -
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2 Late Qing unknown Suspected Expert -
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3 Archaic Basin of Mexico absent Inferred Expert 6000 BCE 4001 BCE
"In Mesoamerica [...] tools that could double as weapons, including handheld spears and spearthrowers (atlatls) [...] have been found as early as 4000 BC". [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992: 12-13) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/E9VHCKDG.


4 Archaic Basin of Mexico present Confident Expert 4000 BCE 2001 BCE
"In Mesoamerica [...] tools that could double as weapons, including handheld spears and spearthrowers (atlatls) [...] have been found as early as 4000 BC". [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992: 12-13) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/E9VHCKDG.


5 Initial Formative Basin of Mexico present Confident Expert -
Around 2000BC in the Valley of Mexico the inhabitants lived a simple peasant life hunting with small javelins known as atlatl. [1] "In Mesoamerica [...] tools that could double as weapons, including handheld spears and spearthrowers (atlatls) [...] have been found as early as 4000 BC". [2]

[1]: (Emmerich 1963: 20) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/ZZ8EAUQ8.

[2]: (Hassig 1992: 12-13) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/E9VHCKDG.


6 Early Formative Basin of Mexico present Inferred Expert -
"In Mesoamerica [...] tools that could double as weapons, including handheld spears and spearthrowers (atlatls) [...] have been found as early as 4000 BC". [1] [2]

[1]: (Hassig 1992: 12-13) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/E9VHCKDG.

[2]: Voorhies, Barbara (1996). Archaic Period in Mesoamerica." The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, ed. B. Fagan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 442-444.


7 Middle Formative Basin of Mexico present Inferred Expert -
"In Mesoamerica [...] tools that could double as weapons, including handheld spears and spearthrowers (atlatls) [...] have been found as early as 4000 BC". [1] [2]

[1]: (Hassig 1992: 12-13) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/E9VHCKDG.

[2]: Voorhies, Barbara (1996). Archaic Period in Mesoamerica." The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, ed. B. Fagan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 442-444.


8 Late Formative Basin of Mexico present Inferred Expert -
technology present in the wider region from c.4000 BCE, diverse array of projectile points in archaeological record, and there is evidence for their use in Formative Mesoamerican art. [1] [2] [3]

[1]: Hassig, Ross. (1992). "War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica." Berkeley: University of California Press, p.13.

[2]: Voorhies, Barbara (1996). Archaic Period in Mesoamerica." The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, ed. B. Fagan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 442-444.

[3]: Tolstoy, Paul (1971). "Utilitarian Artifacts of Central Mexico." In The Handbook of Middle American Indians, vol. 10, ed. G. F. Ekholm, and I. Bernal. Austin: University of Texas Press, 270-296.


9 Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico present Inferred Expert -
technology present in the wider region from c.4000 BCE, diverse array of projectile points in archaeological record, and there is evidence for their use in Formative Mesoamerican art. [1] [2] [3]

[1]: Hassig, Ross. (1992). "War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica." Berkeley: University of California Press, p.13.

[2]: Voorhies, Barbara (1996). Archaic Period in Mesoamerica." The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, ed. B. Fagan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 442-444.

[3]: Tolstoy, Paul (1971). "Utilitarian Artifacts of Central Mexico." In The Handbook of Middle American Indians, vol. 10, ed. G. F. Ekholm, and I. Bernal. Austin: University of Texas Press, 270-296.


10 Classic Basin of Mexico present Confident Expert -
"Part of Teotihuacan’s weaponry was inherited from earlier times, especially the thrusting spear. Spears remained dominant on the battlefield but were augmented by atlatls and darts, which became major weapons in the Early and Middle Classic." [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992: 47) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/E9VHCKDG.


11 Epiclassic Basin of Mexico present Confident Expert -
There was no significant change in arms—thrusting spears and atlatls continued to dominate. [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992: 82) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/E9VHCKDG.


12 Toltecs present Confident Expert -
Pyramid B had two rooms which were supported by four warriors carrying an atlatl and a bag of incense. [1] "Toltec arms included atlatls and darts, knives, and a curved club that I have labelled a short sword." [2]

[1]: (Coe 1994: 139) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/5DJ2S5IF.

[2]: (Hassig 1992: 112) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/E9VHCKDG.


13 Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico present Confident Expert -
"Most of the basic Mesoamerican armaments were in existence at this time [Classic period] - atlatls, darts, and spears, we well as clubs (bladed and unbladed), shields, cotton body armor, and unit standards [...] This military organization and technology was carried forward and elaborated on first by Toltecs and then by Aztecs". [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992: 5) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/E9VHCKDG.


14 Aztec Empire present Confident Expert -
Listed by Hassig. [1]

[1]: (Hassig 1992: 248) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/E9VHCKDG.


15 Hawaii I unknown Suspected Expert -
Presumably they didn’t have these as they do not appear later in Hawaiian prehistory.
16 Hawaii II unknown Suspected Expert -
Presumably they didn’t have these as they do not appear later in Hawaiian prehistory.
17 Hawaii III absent Confident Expert -
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18 Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period absent Confident Expert -
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19 Cahokia - Early Woodland present Confident Expert -
The atlatl was the main weapon of this region before the introduction of the bow c300-400 CE. [1] [2] However, the fact that there is very little skeletal evidence for warfare for this period [3] suggests that the atlatl was mostly used for hunting animals.

[1]: (Blitz and Porth 2013, 89-95)

[2]: (Iseminger 2010, 24) Iseminger, W R. 2010. Cahokia Mounds: America’s First City. The History Press. Charleston.

[3]: (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013, 96-97) Milner, George, George Chaplin, and Emily Zavodny. 2013. “Conflict and Societal Change in Late Prehistoric Eastern North America.” Evolutionary Anthropology 22: 96-102. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/PAF8KM8K/itemKey/QR77EGA6


20 Cahokia - Middle Woodland present Confident Expert -
The atlatl was the main weapon of this region before the introduction of the bow c300-400 CE. [1] [2] However, the fact that there is very little skeletal evidence for warfare for this period [3] suggests that the atlatl was mostly used for hunting animals.

[1]: (Blitz and Porth 2013, 89-95)

[2]: (Iseminger 2010, 24) Iseminger, W R. 2010. Cahokia Mounds: America’s First City. The History Press. Charleston.

[3]: (Milner, Chaplin and Zavodny 2013, 96-97) Milner, George, George Chaplin, and Emily Zavodny. 2013. “Conflict and Societal Change in Late Prehistoric Eastern North America.” Evolutionary Anthropology 22: 96-102. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/collectionKey/PAF8KM8K/itemKey/QR77EGA6


21 Cahokia - Late Woodland I absent Confident Expert -
"Beginning A.D. 300-400, the bow replaced the atlatl in most regions" [1] However, not regularly used as a weapon: evidence of victims "struck by arrows and clubs" increased only during "last half of the first millennium" [2]

[1]: (Blitz and Porth 2013, 89-95)

[2]: (Milner 2006, 174)


22 Cahokia - Late Woodland II absent Confident Expert -
"Beginning A.D. 300-400, the bow replaced the atlatl in most regions" [1] However, not regularly used as a weapon: evidence of victims "struck by arrows and clubs" increased only during "last half of the first millennium" [2]

[1]: (Blitz and Porth 2013, 89-95)

[2]: (Milner 2006, 174)


23 Cahokia - Late Woodland III absent Confident Expert -
"Beginning A.D. 300-400, the bow replaced the atlatl in most regions" [1] However, not regularly used as a weapon: evidence of victims "struck by arrows and clubs" increased only during "last half of the first millennium" [2]

[1]: (Blitz and Porth 2013, 89-95)

[2]: (Milner 2006, 174)


24 Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I absent Confident Expert -
Checked by Peter Peregrine.
25 Cahokia - Sand Prairie absent Confident Expert -
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26 Oneota absent Confident Expert -
Code checked by Peter Peregrine. Previous notes: Archaeological evidence for warfare appears to "only" include "[d]efensive structures around villages, violent injuries on human remains, "trophy heads," the abandonment of regions, and the positioning of sites in ever more defensive positions" [1] , though a few weapon types can be cautiously inferred, such as bow and arrows and spears [2] , and, at a later date, firearms [3] .

[1]: G. Gibbon, Oneota, in P. Peregrine, M. Ember and Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Prehistory: Volume 6: North America (2001), p. 391

[2]: P.S. Martin, G.I. Quimby and D.Collier, Indians Before Columbus (1947), p. 316

[3]: Illinois State Museum, Late Prehistoric, Technology: Weapons (2000), http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/pre/htmls/lp_weapons.html


27 Early Illinois Confederation absent Inferred Expert -
Sources only mention bows and arrows, muskets, war-clubs, knives, and hatchets [1] . It should be noted that sources that specifically describe the way the Illinois Confederation waged war are relatively rare.

[1]: Illinois State Museum, The Illinois, Technology: Weapons (2000), http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/te_houses.html


28 Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling absent Confident Expert -
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29 Cahokia - Moorehead absent Confident Expert -
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30 Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II absent Confident Expert -
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31 Bronze Age Cambodia absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
32 Bronze Age Cambodia absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
33 Funan I absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
34 Funan II absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
35 Chenla absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
36 Early Angkor absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
37 Classical Angkor absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
38 Late Angkor absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
39 Khmer Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
40 Ayutthaya absent Confident Expert -
New world weapon
41 Rattanakosin absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
42 Java - Buni Culture absent Confident Expert -
Not found outside of the New World.
43 Kalingga Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
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44 Medang Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
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45 Kediri Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
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46 Majapahit Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
New World Weapon.
47 Mataram Sultanate absent Confident Expert -
New World Weapon.
48 Chuuk - Early Truk unknown Suspected Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
49 Chuuk - Late Truk unknown Suspected Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
50 Neolithic Crete absent Confident Expert -
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51 Prepalatial Crete unknown Suspected Expert -
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52 Monopalatial Crete absent Confident Expert -
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53 Postpalatial Crete absent Confident Expert -
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54 Final Postpalatial Crete absent Confident Expert -
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55 Geometric Crete absent Confident Expert -
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56 Archaic Crete absent Confident Expert -
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57 Classical Crete absent Confident Expert -
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58 Hellenistic Crete absent Confident Expert -
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59 Roman Empire - Principate absent Confident Expert -
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60 Roman Empire - Dominate absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
61 East Roman Empire absent Confident Expert -
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62 Byzantine Empire I absent Confident Expert -
Generally not found in this region - weapon of the Americas.
63 The Emirate of Crete absent Confident Expert -
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64 Byzantine Empire II absent Confident Expert -
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65 Byzantine Empire III absent Confident Expert -
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66 Cuzco - Late Formative unknown Suspected Expert -
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67 Cuzco - Early Intermediate I unknown Confident Expert -
[1]

[1]: (Brian Bauer 2015, personal communication)


68 Cuzco - Early Intermediate II unknown Confident Expert -
[1]

[1]: (Brian Bauer 2015, personal communication)


69 Wari Empire present Confident Expert -
If we use warrior figurines from Pikillacta as evidence, spear-throwers were depicted [1]

[1]: (Bergh in Bergh 2012, 237)


70 Cuzco - Late Intermediate I unknown Suspected Expert -
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71 Cuzco - Late Intermediate II unknown Suspected Expert -
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72 Inca Empire present Confident Expert -
[1]

[1]: (McEwan 2006)


73 Spanish Empire I present Confident Uncertain Expert -
Did Spanish soldiers ever use New World weapons? Used against the Spanish by Maya. [1] We need to know whether the Habsburgs used them.

[1]: (Pemberton 2011, preview) Pemberton, John. 2011. Conquistadors: Searching for El Dorado: The Terrifying Spanish Conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires. Canary Press eBooks Limited. https://www.zotero.org/groups/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/3SI549GS


74 Spanish Empire I absent Confident Uncertain Expert -
Did Spanish soldiers ever use New World weapons? Used against the Spanish by Maya. [1] We need to know whether the Habsburgs used them.

[1]: (Pemberton 2011, preview) Pemberton, John. 2011. Conquistadors: Searching for El Dorado: The Terrifying Spanish Conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires. Canary Press eBooks Limited. https://www.zotero.org/groups/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/3SI549GS


75 Deccan - Neolithic absent Confident Expert -
Weapon that has only been found in the New World.
76 Deccan - Iron Age absent Confident Expert -
Weapon that has only been found in the New World.
77 Magadha - Maurya Empire absent Confident Expert -
Known as a New World weapon.
78 Post-Mauryan Kingdoms absent Confident Expert -
Weapon that has only been found in the New World.
79 Satavahana Empire absent Confident Expert -
Weapon that has only been found in the New World.
80 Vakataka Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
Weapon found only in the New World.
81 Kadamba Empire absent Confident Expert -
Weapon found only in the New World.
82 Chalukyas of Badami absent Confident Expert -
Weapon found only in the New World.
83 Rashtrakuta Empire absent Confident Expert -
Weapon found only in the New World.
84 Chalukyas of Kalyani absent Confident Expert -
Weapon found only in the New World.
85 Hoysala Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
Weapon used only in the New World.
86 Kampili Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
A weapon used only in the New World.
87 Vijayanagara Empire absent Confident Expert -
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88 Mughal Empire absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
89 Proto-Haudenosaunee Confederacy absent Inferred Expert -
Many sources mention thrown and ranged projectile weapons, but no mention of the atlatl.
90 Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early absent Confident Expert -
Iroquois warfare is relatively well documented, so the fact that source do not mention the atlatl suggests that there weren’t used, or that they weren’t particularly common.
91 Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late absent Confident Expert -
Iroquois warfare is relatively well documented, so the fact that source do not mention the atlatl suggests that there weren’t used, or that they weren’t particularly common.
92 Canaan absent Confident Expert -
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93 Phoenician Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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94 Yisrael absent Confident Expert -
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95 Neo-Assyrian Empire absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas.
96 Achaemenid Empire absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
97 Seleucids absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas.
98 Ptolemaic Kingdom I absent Confident Expert -
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99 Yehuda absent Confident Expert -
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100 Early A'chik absent Confident Expert -
new world weapon
101 Late A'chik absent Confident Expert -
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102 Akan - Pre-Ashanti absent Inferred Expert -
no mention in sources; does not make sense for time period
103 Ashanti Empire absent Inferred Expert -
Weapon of the Americas.
104 Icelandic Commonwealth absent Inferred Expert -
No evidence could be found that Norse warriors used the atlatl, or spear-thrower. Most of the scholarly literature on the subject appears to focus on world regions outside of Europe.
105 Kingdom of Norway II absent Inferred Expert -
No evidence could be found that Norse warriors used the atlatl, or spear-thrower. Most of the scholarly literature on the subject appears to focus on world regions outside of Europe.
106 Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon. Only flint, bone and copper tools tools have been found at Mehrgarh [1]

[1]: Petrie, C. A. (in press) Chapter 11, Case Study: Mehrgarh. In, Barker, G and Goucher, C (eds.) Cambridge World History, Volume 2: A World with Agriculture, 12,000 BCE - 500 CE. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge


107 Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic absent Confident Expert -
Only flint, bone and copper tools tools have been found at Mehrgarh [1]

[1]: Petrie, C. A. (in press) Chapter 11, Case Study: Mehrgarh. In, Barker, G and Goucher, C (eds.) Cambridge World History, Volume 2: A World with Agriculture, 12,000 BCE - 500 CE. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge


108 Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon. Only flint, bone and copper tools tools have been found at Mehrgarh [1]

[1]: Petrie, C. A. (in press) Chapter 11, Case Study: Mehrgarh. In, Barker, G and Goucher, C (eds.) Cambridge World History, Volume 2: A World with Agriculture, 12,000 BCE - 500 CE. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge


109 Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period absent Confident Expert -
New world weapon.
110 Kachi Plain - Urban Period I absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
111 Kachi Plain - Urban Period II absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
112 Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period absent Confident Expert -
No evidence for weapons or armor, apart from arrowheads, spearheads, daggers and axes, have been found at Pirak. [1]

[1]: Jarrige, J-F. (1979) Fouilles de Pirak. Paris : Diffusion de Boccard.


113 Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
114 Parthian Empire I absent Confident Expert -
new world weapon
115 Indo-Greek Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
116 Kushan Empire absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas and extremely unlikely to have been present here
117 Sasanid Empire I absent Confident Expert -
new world weapon
118 Hephthalites absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas, extremely unlikely to have been present here
119 Sasanid Empire II absent Confident Expert -
new world weapon
120 Umayyad Caliphate absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
121 Abbasid Caliphate I absent Inferred Expert -
New World weapon
122 Sind - Abbasid-Fatimid Period absent Inferred Expert -
new world weapon
123 Ghur Principality absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
124 Delhi Sultanate absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
125 Sind - Samma Dynasty absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
126 Durrani Empire absent Inferred Expert -
new world weapon
127 Japan - Incipient Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
128 Japan - Initial Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
129 Japan - Early Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
130 Japan - Middle Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
131 Japan - Late Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
132 Japan - Final Jomon absent Confident Expert -
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
133 Kansai - Yayoi Period absent Inferred Expert -
Weapon of the Americas, no evidence of use
134 Kansai - Kofun Period absent Inferred Expert -
Weapon of the Americas, no evidence of use
135 Asuka absent Inferred Expert -
Weapon of the Americas, no evidence of use
136 Heian absent Inferred Expert -
Could not find any evidence of use
137 Kamakura Shogunate absent Inferred Expert -
Could not find any evidence of use
138 Ashikaga Shogunate absent Confident Expert -
Could not find any evidence of use. Weapon of the Americas, extremely unlikely to be in use here
139 Warring States Japan absent Inferred Expert -
Could not find any evidence of use
140 Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama absent Inferred Expert -
Could not find any evidence of use
141 Tokugawa Shogunate absent Inferred Expert -
Could not find any evidence of use
142 Iban - Pre-Brooke absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
143 Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial absent Confident Expert -
New world weapon.
144 Konya Plain - Early Neolithic absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
145 Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
146 Konya Plain - Late Neolithic absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
147 Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic absent Confident Expert -
New world weapon.
148 Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic absent Confident Expert -
weapon of the Americas
149 Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age absent Confident Expert -
weapon of the Americas
150 Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia absent Confident Expert -
weapon of the Americas
151 Hatti - Old Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
weapon from Americas
152 Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II absent Confident Expert -
weapon of the Americas
153 Hatti - New Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
weapon of the Americas
154 Neo-Hittite Kingdoms absent Confident Expert -
weapon of the Americas
155 Phrygian Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
weapon of the Americas
156 Tabal Kingdoms absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in literature and extremely unlikely to be present, being a weapon of the Americas
157 Kingdom of Lydia absent Confident Expert -
weapon of the Americas
158 Lysimachus Kingdom absent Inferred Expert -
New World weapon
159 Late Cappadocia absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
160 Rum Sultanate absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
161 Ilkhanate absent Confident Expert -
new world weapon
162 Ottoman Emirate absent Confident Expert -
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163 Ottoman Empire I absent Confident Expert -
weapon of Americas
164 Ottoman Empire II absent Confident Expert -
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165 Ottoman Empire III absent Confident Expert -
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166 Latium - Copper Age absent Confident Expert -
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167 Latium - Bronze Age absent Confident Expert -
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168 Latium - Iron Age absent Confident Expert -
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169 Roman Kingdom absent Inferred Expert -
RA couldn’t find relevant information, but don’t appear in book on warfare [1] . Expert advice is needed.

[1]: (Fields 2011)


170 Early Roman Republic absent Confident Expert -
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171 Middle Roman Republic absent Confident Expert -
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172 Late Roman Republic absent Confident Expert -
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173 Western Roman Empire - Late Antiquity absent Confident Expert -
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174 Ostrogothic Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
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175 Exarchate of Ravenna unknown Confident Expert -
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176 Republic of St Peter I unknown Confident Expert -
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177 Rome - Republic of St Peter II absent Confident Expert -
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178 Papal States - High Medieval Period absent Confident Expert -
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179 Papal States - Renaissance Period absent Confident Expert -
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180 Papal States - Early Modern Period I absent Confident Expert -
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181 Papal States - Early Modern Period II absent Confident Expert -
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182 Sakha - Early absent Confident Expert -
not mentioned in any of the sources that deal with weapons and armor
183 Sakha - Late absent Confident Expert -
not mentioned in any of the sources that deal with weapons and armor
184 Shuar - Colonial absent Confident Expert 1676 CE 1830 CE
Spear-throwers were probably obsolete by the Ecuadorian period, but it seems clear that during the sixteenth century the Shuar used lances, spear throwers, and bows and arrows: ’Sometime during the latter part of the seventeenth century the bow and arrow and the spear thrower began to go out of use, being replaced by the blowgun with poison darts... The use of the spear thrower appears now to be entirely forgotten by the Jivaros.’ [1] ’The spear-thrower is made of a piece of wood about 69 cm. long, with a groove hollowed on its upper side to receive the handle of the javelin; the rear end of the latter butts against the edge of the spear-thrower. The spear-thrower has a hole on its lower surface at the junction of its posterior and middle thirds, where the Indian puts his index finger in order to throw the javelin, as the illustration shows. The complete apparatus measures about 1 meter long.’ [2] 1675 was selected as a provisional date of transition, although the historical process was more fluid than that.

[1]: Stirling, Matthew Williams. 1938. “Historical And Ethnographical Material On The Jivaro Indians.”, 79-86

[2]: Rivet, Paul. 1907. “Jivaro Indians: Geographic, Historical And Ethnographic Research.”


185 Shuar - Colonial present Confident Expert 1534 CE 1675 CE
Spear-throwers were probably obsolete by the Ecuadorian period, but it seems clear that during the sixteenth century the Shuar used lances, spear throwers, and bows and arrows: ’Sometime during the latter part of the seventeenth century the bow and arrow and the spear thrower began to go out of use, being replaced by the blowgun with poison darts... The use of the spear thrower appears now to be entirely forgotten by the Jivaros.’ [1] ’The spear-thrower is made of a piece of wood about 69 cm. long, with a groove hollowed on its upper side to receive the handle of the javelin; the rear end of the latter butts against the edge of the spear-thrower. The spear-thrower has a hole on its lower surface at the junction of its posterior and middle thirds, where the Indian puts his index finger in order to throw the javelin, as the illustration shows. The complete apparatus measures about 1 meter long.’ [2] 1675 was selected as a provisional date of transition, although the historical process was more fluid than that.

[1]: Stirling, Matthew Williams. 1938. “Historical And Ethnographical Material On The Jivaro Indians.”, 79-86

[2]: Rivet, Paul. 1907. “Jivaro Indians: Geographic, Historical And Ethnographic Research.”


186 Shuar - Ecuadorian present Confident Expert -
[NB: Spear-throwers were likely obselete and out of use by the time period in question: It seems clear that during the sixteenth century the Shuar used lances, spear throwers, and bows and arrows. Sometime during the latter part of the seventeenth century the bow and arrow and the spear thrower began to go out of use, being replaced by the blowgun with poison darts... The use of the spear thrower appears now to be entirely forgotten by the Shuar. [1] ] The spear-thrower is made of a piece of wood about 69 cm. long, with a groove hollowed on its upper side to receive the handle of the javelin; the rear end of the latter butts against the edge of the spear-thrower. The spear-thrower has a hole on its lower surface at the junction of its posterior and middle thirds, where the Indian puts his index finger in order to throw the javelin, as the illustration shows. The complete apparatus measures about 1 meter long. [2]

[1]: Stirling, Matthew Williams. 1938. “Historical And Ethnographical Material On The Jivaro Indians.”, 79-86

[2]: Rivet, Paul. 1907. “Jivaro Indians: Geographic, Historical And Ethnographic Research.”


187 Egypt - New Kingdom Thutmosid Period absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
188 Egypt - New Kingdom Ramesside Period absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
189 Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period absent Confident Expert -
New world weapon
190 Egypt - Saite Period absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
191 Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
192 Ptolemaic Kingdom II absent Confident Expert -
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193 Middle Wagadu Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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194 Fatimid Caliphate absent Confident Expert -
new world weapon
195 Later Wagadu Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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196 Mali Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
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197 Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate I absent Confident Expert -
new world weapon
198 Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate II absent Confident Expert -
new world weapon
199 Egypt - Mamluk Sultanate III absent Confident Expert -
new world weapon
200 Songhai Empire - Askiya Dynasty absent Inferred Expert -
new world weapon
201 Late Shang absent Confident Expert -
Technology used in the new world. Unlikely.
202 Western Zhou absent Confident Expert -
Unlikely, New World weapon.
203 Jin absent Inferred Expert -
Unlikely, New World weapon.
204 Western Han Empire absent Confident Expert -
New world weapon
205 Eastern Han Empire absent Inferred Expert -
New world weapon, unlikely.
206 Western Jin absent Inferred Expert -
New World weapon, unlikely.
207 Northern Wei absent Inferred Expert -
New World weapon, unlikely.
208 Sui Dynasty absent Inferred Expert -
New World weapon.
209 Tang Dynasty I absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
210 Nara Kingdom absent Inferred Expert -
Could not find any evidence of use
211 Tang Dynasty II absent Confident Expert -
New world weapon.
212 Jin Dynasty unknown Suspected Expert -
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213 Mongol Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
-
214 Great Yuan unknown Suspected Expert -
-
215 Great Ming absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
216 Xiongnu Imperial Confederation absent Confident Expert -
A new world weapon, highly unlikely to have been used here
217 Late Xiongnu absent Confident Expert -
A new world weapon, highly unlikely to have been used here
218 Rouran Khaganate absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas, extremely unlikely to be present here
219 Kidarite Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
220 Western Turk Khaganate absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas, extremely unlikely to be in use here
221 Eastern Turk Khaganate absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas, highly unlikely to be present here
222 Uigur Khaganate unknown Suspected Expert -
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223 Samanid Empire absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas, extremely unlikely to be used here
224 Khitan I absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
225 Kara-Khanids absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas, extremely unlikely to be present here
226 Chagatai Khanate unknown Suspected Expert -
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227 Early Merovingian absent Confident Expert -
Not discussed in consulted literature RA.
228 Middle Merovingian absent Confident Expert -
Not discussed in consulted literature RA.
229 Carolingian Empire I absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
230 Carolingian Empire II absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
231 French Kingdom - Early Valois absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
232 Neo-Babylonian Empire absent Inferred Expert -
Absent in previous and subsequent polities
233 Greco-Bactrian Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas, extremely unlikely to be present here
234 Himyar I absent Confident Expert -
Weapon used only in the New World.
235 Himyar II absent Confident Expert -
Weapon used only in the New World.
236 Yemen Ziyad Dynasty absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
237 Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period absent Inferred Expert -
New World weapon
238 Buyid Confederation absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas.
239 Seljuk Sultanate absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas.
240 Yemen - Era of Warlords absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
241 Ayyubid Sultanate absent Confident Expert -
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242 Rasulid Dynasty absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
243 Timurid Empire absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas, extremely unlikely to be in use here
244 Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
245 Safavid Empire absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas
246 Mahajanapada era absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
247 Magadha - Sunga Empire absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
248 Gupta Empire absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
249 Magadha absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
250 Gahadavala Dynasty absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
251 Neolithic Middle Ganga absent Inferred Expert -
New World Weapon.
252 Chalcolithic Middle Ganga absent Inferred Expert -
New World weapon.
253 Kingdom of Ayodhya absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
254 Kannauj - Varman Dynasty absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
255 Gurjar-Pratihara Dynasty absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
256 Yangshao absent Inferred Expert -
Technology used in the new world. Unlikely.
257 Longshan absent Inferred Expert -
Technology used in the new world. Unlikely.
258 Erlitou absent Confident Expert -
Technology used in the new world. Unlikely.
259 Erligang absent Inferred Expert -
Technology used in the new world. Unlikely.
260 Early Wei Dynasty absent Inferred Expert -
New World weapon.
261 Northern Song absent Inferred Expert -
Unlikely, New World weapon.
262 Jenne-jeno I absent Inferred Expert -
-
263 Jenne-jeno II absent Confident Expert -
-
264 Jenne-jeno III absent Inferred Expert -
-
265 Jenne-jeno IV absent Confident Expert -
-
266 Saadi Sultanate absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
267 Segou Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
268 Bamana kingdom absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
269 Neguanje unknown Suspected Expert -
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270 Tairona unknown Suspected Expert -
-
271 Early Xiongnu absent Confident Expert -
A new world weapon, highly unlikely to have been used here.
272 Xianbei Confederation absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas, extremely unlikely to be here
273 Shiwei unknown Suspected Expert -
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274 Second Turk Khaganate unknown Suspected Expert -
-
275 Early Mongols absent Confident Expert -
-
276 Late Mongols absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
277 Zungharian Empire unknown Suspected Expert -
-
278 Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial unknown Suspected Expert -
-
279 Orokaiva - Colonial unknown Suspected Expert -
-
280 Beaker Culture absent Inferred Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
281 Atlantic Complex absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
282 Hallstatt A-B1 absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
283 Hallstatt B2-3 absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
284 Hallstatt C absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
285 Hallstatt D absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in the literature.
286 La Tene A-B1 absent Confident Expert -
Spears are described, but not spear-throwers.
287 La Tene B2-C1 absent Confident Expert -
Spears are described, but not spear-throwers.
288 La Tene C2-D absent Confident Expert -
Spears are described, but not spear-throwers.
289 Proto-Carolingian absent Confident Expert -
Not discussed in consulted literature RA.
290 Proto-French Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
291 French Kingdom - Late Capetian absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
292 French Kingdom - Late Valois absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
293 French Kingdom - Early Bourbon absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
294 French Kingdom - Late Bourbon absent Confident Expert -
[1]

[1]: (Parrott 2012, 62) David Parrott. Armed Forces. William Doyle. ed. 2012. The Oxford Handbook of the Ancien Régime. Oxford University Press. Oxford.


295 Sarazm unknown Suspected Expert -
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296 Andronovo absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
297 Koktepe I absent Confident Expert -
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298 Ancient Khwarazm absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
299 Koktepe II absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas, extremely unlikely to be in use here
300 Tocharians absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas, extremely unlikely to have been in use here
301 Sogdiana - City-States Period absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas, extremely unlikely to be in use here.
302 Khanate of Bukhara absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
303 Hmong - Late Qing unknown Suspected Expert -
we need expert input in order to code this variable
304 Hmong - Early Chinese unknown Suspected Expert -
we need expert input in order to code this variable
305 Southern Mesopotamia Neolithic absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
306 Ubaid absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
307 Uruk absent Inferred Expert -
Weapon of the Americas
308 Early Dynastic absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
309 Akkadian Empire absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
310 Ur - Dynasty III absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
311 Parthian Empire II absent Confident Expert -
Weapon of the Americas
312 Abbasid Caliphate II absent Confident Expert -
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313 Pre-Ceramic Period absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in evidence and extremely unlikely being a weapon of the Americas
314 Formative Period absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in evidence and extremely unlikely being a weapon of the Americas
315 Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in evidence and extremely unlikely being a weapon of the Americas
316 Susiana A absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in evidence and extremely unlikely being a weapon of the Americas
317 Susiana B absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in evidence and extremely unlikely being a weapon of the Americas
318 Susiana - Early Ubaid absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in evidence and extremely unlikely being a weapon of the Americas
319 Susiana - Late Ubaid absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in evidence and extremely unlikely being a weapon of the Americas
320 Susa I absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in evidence and extremely unlikely being a weapon of the Americas
321 Susa II absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in evidence and extremely unlikely being a weapon of the Americas
322 Susa III absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in evidence and extremely unlikely being a weapon of the Americas
323 Elam - Awan Dynasty I absent Confident Expert -
Not mentioned in evidence and extremely unlikely being a weapon of the Americas
324 Elam - Shimashki Period absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
325 Elam - Early Sukkalmah absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
326 Elam - Late Sukkalmah absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
327 Elam - Kidinuid Period absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
328 Elam - Igihalkid Period absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
329 Elam - Shutrukid Period absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
330 Elam - Crisis Period absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
331 Elam I absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
332 Elam II absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
333 Elam III absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
334 Elymais II absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
335 Ak Koyunlu absent Confident Expert -
New World weapons.
336 Qajar absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
337 Badarian absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
338 Naqada I absent Confident Expert -
new world weapon
339 Naqada II absent Confident Expert -
New world weapon.
340 Egypt - Dynasty 0 absent Inferred Expert -
"The principal weapons in the late Predynastic and Protodynastic Periods were undoubtedly the bow and arrow, spear, axe and mace. These are frequently shown in relief depictions of hunting and battle scenes (figure 18). Comparatively large numbers of maceheads have been excavated at late Predynastic and Protodynastic sites." [1]

[1]: (Shaw 1991: 31) Shaw, Ian. 1991. Egyptian Warfare and Weapons. Princes Risborough: Shire. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/7J8H86XF.


341 Egypt - Dynasty I absent Confident Expert -
new world weapon
342 Egypt - Dynasty II absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
343 Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
344 Egypt - Late Old Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
345 Egypt - Period of the Regions absent Confident Expert -
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346 Egypt - Middle Kingdom absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
347 Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
348 Egypt - Kushite Period absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon
349 Oaxaca - Tierras Largas present Inferred Expert -
Present in the valley of Oaxaca since preceramic times (the Proto-Otomangueans) for hunting. [1] However, it does seem to be clear whether they were also used as weapons in warfare.

[1]: Flannery, K. V. and J. Marcus (1983). "The Cloud People." New York, p36


350 Oaxaca - San Jose present Inferred Expert -
Present in the valley of Oaxaca since preceramic times (the Proto-Otomangueans) for hunting. [1] However, it does seem to be clear whether they were also used as weapons in warfare.

[1]: Flannery, K. V. and J. Marcus (1983). "The Cloud People." New York, p36


351 Oaxaca - Rosario present Confident Expert -
Present in the valley of Oaxaca since preceramic times (the Proto-Otomangueans) for hunting. [1] and obsidian blades were found in Tomb 10 at San José Mogote which may have been hafted into atlatl darts. [2] In addition, glyphs depicting what may be atlatls or spearthrowers have been carved with the danzantes at San Jose Mogote. [3]

[1]: Flannery, K. V. and J. Marcus (1983). "The Cloud People." New York, p36

[2]: Marcus, J. and K. V. Flannery (1996). Zapotec civilization: How urban society evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley, Thames and Hudson London, p133

[3]: Marcus and Flannery (1996) Zapotec Civilization: How urban society evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley. p153


352 Early Monte Alban I present Confident Expert -
Present in the valley of Oaxaca since preceramic times (the Proto-Otomangueans) for hunting. [1] and, in previous periods, obsidian blades were found in Tomb 10 at San José Mogote which may have been hafted into atlatl darts. [2] In addition, glyphs depicting what may be atlatls or spearthrowers have been carved with the danzantes at San Jose Mogote. [3]

[1]: Flannery, K. V. and J. Marcus (1983). "The Cloud People." New York, p36

[2]: Marcus, J. and K. V. Flannery (1996). Zapotec civilization: How urban society evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley, Thames and Hudson London, p133

[3]: Marcus and Flannery (1996) Zapotec Civilization: How urban society evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley. p153


353 Monte Alban Late I present Confident Expert -
Present in the valley of Oaxaca since preceramic times (the Proto-Otomangueans) for hunting. [1] and, in previous periods, obsidian blades were found in Tomb 10 at San José Mogote which may have been hafted into atlatl darts. [2] In addition, glyphs depicting what may be atlatls or spearthrowers have been carved with the danzantes at San Jose Mogote. [3]

[1]: Flannery, K. V. and J. Marcus (1983). "The Cloud People." New York, p36

[2]: Marcus, J. and K. V. Flannery (1996). Zapotec civilization: How urban society evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley, Thames and Hudson London, p133

[3]: Marcus and Flannery (1996) Zapotec Civilization: How urban society evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley. p153


354 Monte Alban II present Confident Expert -
Present in the valley of Oaxaca since preceramic times (the Proto-Otomangueans) for hunting. [1] and, in previous periods, obsidian blades were found in Tomb 10 at San José Mogote which may have been hafted into atlatl darts. [2] In addition, glyphs depicting what may be atlatls or spearthrowers have been carved with the danzantes at San Jose Mogote. [3]

[1]: Flannery, K. V. and J. Marcus (1983). "The Cloud People." New York, p36

[2]: Marcus, J. and K. V. Flannery (1996). Zapotec civilization: How urban society evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley, Thames and Hudson London, p133

[3]: Marcus and Flannery (1996) Zapotec Civilization: How urban society evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley. p153


355 Monte Alban III present Confident Expert -
Present in the valley of Oaxaca since preceramic times (the Proto-Otomangueans) for hunting. [1] and, in previous periods, obsidian blades were found in Tomb 10 at San José Mogote which may have been hafted into atlatl darts. [2] In addition, glyphs depicting what may be atlatls or spearthrowers have been carved with the danzantes at San Jose Mogote. [3]

[1]: Flannery, K. V. and J. Marcus (1983). "The Cloud People." New York, p36

[2]: Marcus, J. and K. V. Flannery (1996). Zapotec civilization: How urban society evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley, Thames and Hudson London, p133

[3]: Marcus and Flannery (1996) Zapotec Civilization: How urban society evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley. p153


356 Monte Alban IIIB and IV present Confident Expert -
Present in the valley of Oaxaca since preceramic times (the Proto-Otomangueans) for hunting. [1] and, in previous periods, obsidian blades were found in Tomb 10 at San José Mogote which may have been hafted into atlatl darts. [2] In addition, glyphs depicting what may be atlatls or spearthrowers have been carved with the danzantes at San Jose Mogote. [3]

[1]: Flannery, K. V. and J. Marcus (1983). "The Cloud People." New York, p36

[2]: Marcus, J. and K. V. Flannery (1996). Zapotec civilization: How urban society evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley, Thames and Hudson London, p133

[3]: Marcus and Flannery (1996) Zapotec Civilization: How urban society evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley. p153


357 Monte Alban V present Confident Expert -
Weaponry for military at this time included wooden broadswords edged with obsidian blades, bows and arrows, slings, atlatls. [1]

[1]: Flannery and Marcus (1983) The Cloud People. New York. p217-8


358 Neolithic Yemen absent Inferred Expert -
These do not appear to be included in depictions of "warriors" in North Yemeni rock-art from the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age, as reproduced in Jung (1991). [1] However, Jung himself does not state these were not in use, nor does he remark on their absence in said depictions.

[1]: (Jung 1991) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/JP9KX5BK.


359 Yemen - Late Bronze Age absent Inferred Expert -
These do not appear to be included in depictions of "warriors" in North Yemeni rock-art from the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age, as reproduced in Jung (1991). [1] However, Jung himself does not state these were not in use, nor does he remark on their absence in said depictions.

[1]: (Jung 1991) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/JP9KX5BK.


360 Sabaean Commonwealth absent Confident Expert -
-
361 Qatabanian Commonwealth absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
362 Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
363 Peiligang absent Confident Expert -
New World weapon.
364 British Empire I absent Confident Expert -
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365 British Empire IIIIIIIIII absent Confident Expert -
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