LEADER 03996nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910777761303321 005 20230721031533.0 010 $a0-292-79538-6 024 7 $a10.7560/714281 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472951 035 $a(OCoLC)191945454 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10194802 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000223153 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11215783 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223153 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10181917 035 $a(PQKB)10091358 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443124 035 $a(OCoLC)155844940 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2236 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443124 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194802 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7271471 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7271471 035 $a(DE-B1597)587730 035 $a(OCoLC)1286808163 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292795389 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472951 100 $a20060727d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPoison arrows$b[electronic resource] $eNorth American Indian hunting and warfare /$fby David E. Jones 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (136 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71428-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [93]-102) and index. 327 $aOn plant poisons -- Nonmilitary poisons -- World survey of arrow poisoning -- Arrow poisons of the North American Indians -- Other uses of poisons in warfare -- Paleo-Indian poison use. 330 $aBiological warfare is a menacing twenty-first-century issue, but its origins extend to antiquity. While the recorded use of toxins in warfare in some ancient populations is rarely disputed (the use of arsenical smoke in China, which dates to at least 1000 BC, for example) the use of "poison arrows" and other deadly substances by Native American groups has been fraught with contradiction. At last revealing clear documentation to support these theories, anthropologist David Jones transforms the realm of ethnobotany in Poison Arrows. Examining evidence within the few extant descriptive accounts of Native American warfare, along with grooved arrowheads and clues from botanical knowledge, Jones builds a solid case to indicate widespread and very effective use of many types of toxins. He argues that various groups applied them to not only warfare but also to hunting, and even as an early form of insect extermination. Culling extensive ethnological, historical, and archaeological data, Jones provides a thoroughly comprehensive survey of the use of ethnobotanical and entomological compounds applied in wide-ranging ways, including homicide and suicide. Although many narratives from the contact period in North America deny such uses, Jones now offers conclusive documentation to prove otherwise. A groundbreaking study of a subject that has been long overlooked, Poison Arrows imparts an extraordinary new perspective to the history of warfare, weaponry, and deadly human ingenuity. 606 $aIndian weapons$zNorth America 606 $aIndians of North America$xEthnobotany 606 $aIndians of North America$xHunting 606 $aArrow poisons$zNorth America 606 $aPoisonous plants$zNorth America 606 $aPoisonous animals$zNorth America 606 $aNeurotoxic agents$zNorth America 615 0$aIndian weapons 615 0$aIndians of North America$xEthnobotany. 615 0$aIndians of North America$xHunting. 615 0$aArrow poisons 615 0$aPoisonous plants 615 0$aPoisonous animals 615 0$aNeurotoxic agents 676 $a355.8/2 700 $aJones$b David E.$f1942-$0196542 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777761303321 996 $aPoison arrows$93855223 997 $aUNINA