Archery is the good skill and well practice, of propelling
arrows with the use of a bend over, from Latin arcus. In the past days, archery
has been used for hunting and fight, while in modern times, its main use is
that of a leisure activity. A personality who participates in archery is normally
known as an "archer" or "bowman", and those who is fond of
or a specialist at archery can be referred to as a "toxophilite" The
bow seems to have been imaginary in the early Paleolithic or untimely
Mesolithic periods. The oldest sign for “Archery” use in Europe comes from the
Stellmoor in the Ahrensburg vale north of Hamburg, Germany and date from the
late Paleolithic, about 10,000–9000 BCE.
The arrows were made of sulk and consisted of a mainshaft
and a 15–20 centimeter (6–8 inches) long fore shaft with a flint summit. There
are no detailed earlier bows; earlier piercing shafts are recognized, but may
have been launched by spear-throwers slightly than bows. The oldest bows recognized
so far come from the Holmegård flood in Denmark. Bows finally replaced the
spear-thrower as the largest income for introduction shafted projectiles, on each
continent except for Australia, though spear-throwers persisted flanking the
bow in parts of the Americas, markedly Mexico (where the Nahuatl word for
"spear-thrower" is atlatl) and with the Inuit.
London 2012 Olympic will witness Archery competition taking
place from Friday 27 July to Friday 3 August 2012 at Lord's Cricket Ground,
London. 128 athletes (64 men, 64 women) will contest for 4 medal events.
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