Excavation in Somogymeggyes (Hungary)

Botondbow · Post by **Botondbow** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:06 pm

Pictures: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1050 ... 7761?hl=hu

Kviljo · Post by **Kviljo** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:10 pm

OMG!

Amarutu · Post by **Amarutu** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:13 pm

Yeah! That is a very lucky find and I am looking forward to new infos on that bow

TZH · Post by **TZH** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:30 am

Huj-hujjjjj!!!!!!!!! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Hoooooly moooooly!!!!!! I had run once arround my house

Dicsős?g, gyerekek!!!!!

Szent Emberek vagytok!!!!

Big respect for the excavators!!!!

scemdonmez · Post by **scemdonmez** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 1:05 pm

Great!!!!!!

Arry · Post by **Arry** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 3:26 pm

Yeah, spectacular find! What time period is it from?
It will certainly inform the Hungarian discussion about what a Hungarian bow looks like and we will profit from it, too.

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 4:11 am

This is a really important find. So many of the other excavations had only parts of bows present. This should give us a good idea of one particular type of Magyar bow.

Uli · Post by **Uli** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:59 pm

finally ! important archaeological find with expert bowyer present !
thank you for posting & keep us updated !

Uli · Post by **Uli** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:07 pm

finally ! important archaeological find with expert bowyer present !
thank you for posting & keep us updated !

paku · Post by **paku** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:03 am

Dear Atarn community!
Please let us emphasize that once we (first Botondbow) submitted this new topic the main goal was not to mislead or cheat (hoax) you at all!
This important archaeological experiment was only aimed to study and investigate the geological and biological effects on buried archery equipment (bow and arrows) containing organic materials such as wood, horn, sinew, raw hide and glue.
About twenty members of the Hungarian Historical Archery Society attended at this excavation and everyone was surprised in what a good condition this bow was. It should be known that so far no preserved Hungarian bow exists except the bone plates. This is why we made this archeological experiment. The bow was buried by me three years ago. We were really enthusiastic during the excavation, which was done by a professional archeologist, how real the things look like. We just wanted test this on the ATARN community.
There is a sign on the second picture which shows that the excavation is a fake. The bow has two ears. The bow was a not finished bow because it failed. The bow was not covered at all the ears had no bone plates. Two separate ears from an earlier bow were included. We have got very important experiences by examining the bow. First of all the sinew layer was almost completely preserved. It was even elastic when it was still wet. However the glue disappeared. It was very similar to the sinew which we could see on the bows preserved in caves. The glue generally disappeared and all the joints failed. The horn strips also came off. There was a goat leather coverage on the additional ears this was also preserved. The wooden parts showed no deterioration. Even the arrow shafts were straight and flawless. The linen bandage rotted completely except the place where it was in contact with the iron head. The arrowheads showed minimal rusting. The fletching disappeared. The bow will be conserved by a professional restorer.
This event was the first stage of our experiment, next time we try to reconstruct a burial (grave) for 6-10 years incorporated all information available from a selected cemetery. A braced bow with quiver loaded with arrows and other find replicas will be buried with a dead animal body.

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:42 am

Ha Ha! Valuable research anyway.

fusizoli · Post by **fusizoli** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 2:51 pm

TZH wrote:Huj-hujjjjj!!!!!!!!! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Hoooooly moooooly!!!!!! I had run once arround my house :D

Dicsős?g, gyerekek!!!!! :D Szent Emberek vagytok!!!!

Big respect for the excavators!!!!

Tal?n m?gsem vagyunk szentek, de volt p?r j? napod nem? :)

Uli · Post by **Uli** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:29 pm

I was thinking about this possibility but rejected it
- who would be crazy enough to bury a composite bow for years ? hehe
thats experimental archaeology

TZH · Post by **TZH** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:48 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcz4u3Lv9ko

Gan?k

Voltak az?rt jelek, hogy nem s?r az a g?d?r, de ha majd megk?rdeztek, lesznek ?tleteim, amibe nem tud a tudom?nyos vil?g belek?tni.

lukostrelec · Post by **lukostrelec** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:41 am

Fascinating experiment.
I really admire how dare you were, to be able to give farewell to one of your bows....
Anyway, this will definitely help you to judge how close your reconstructions are and - and this is even more important - to determine the level of accurateness of a particular excavation.