Harpoon
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- A harpoon is a long spear-like projectile used in fishing, whaling, sealing, and other hunting activities to shoot, kill, and capture large fish or marine mammals such as seals, sea cows and whales. It accomplishes its task by impaling the target animal and securing it with barb or toggling claws, allowing the fishermen or hunters to use an attached rope or chain to pull and retrieve the animal. A harpoon can also be used as a ranged weapon against other watercraft in naval warfare.
Certain harpoons are made with different builds to perform better with the type of target being aimed at. For example, the Inuit have short, fixed-foreshaft harpoons for hunting at breathing holes, while loose-shafted ones are made for throwing and remaining attached to the game.
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Mesolithische Speerspitzen von Glindenberg
1935 wurden beim Bau einer...
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Image: Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt - Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte - RR-F -
Mesolithische Knochen-Speerspitzen von Kalbe (Milde)
Im Gegensatz zu den Funden...
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Image: Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt - Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte - RR-F -
Harpune
Harpunenenspitze aus...
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Image: LWL-Museum für Archäologie Herne - CC BY-NC-SA -
Knochenspitze mit einseitigen Kerbungen
Jagdwaffe der älteren...
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Image: Kreismuseum Jerichower Land, Genthin - CC BY-NC-SA -
Knochenspitze mit einseitigen Kerbungen
Jagdwaffe der älteren...
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Image: Kreismuseum Jerichower Land, Genthin - CC BY-NC-SA
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