cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/HistoryArtifacts/t/834466
Oldest wooden spear known to exist | Schöningen, Germany (400,000 BCE)
More information: https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/behavior/getting-food/oldest-wooden-spear
this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2024
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I agree, I think spears are supposed to have a hardened end. I know I've seen other examples of early spears without an end attachments, but they usually had an end that has been hardened by carbonizing the point over a fire.
The one end looks discolored so might've been fire-hardened