European arrowheads and crossbow bolts

This book contains a collection of arrowheads from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages and of projectile points of the medieval crossbow, published for the first time, which is unique in the history of literature.
The reader has the opportunity to use this work as a basis for the identification of European arrowheads and projectile points and to gain a deep insight into the history of both historical ranged weapons on the basis of the detailed description.
The Neolithic development of bow arrowheads, the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age up to the early and late Middle Ages and, in the third chapter, the development of crossbow projectile points are dealt with thematically. Short texts on the structure of an arrowhead, such as the purpose of central ribs and rivet holes, round off the chapters. This work also includes special regional forms from Europe.
With hundreds of detailed photographs of arrowheads and projectile points and hundreds of hand-drawn sketches, this work is an unbeatable guide for professional collectors and historians.
All arrow and projectile points illustrated are accompanied by weight and length information.

The book is divided into three chapters: Bronze arrowheads, iron arrowheads (additionally subdivided into thorn and socket shafts) and crossbow bolts

Table of contents

Chapter 1: Arrowheads of the Bronze Age Bronze Age

Chapter I Bronze arrowheads
Thesaurus
Arrowheads of the Early and Middle Bronze Age
Designations of an arrowhead
Middle Bronze Age to the beginning of the Urnfield Period
Greek cultural area I
Middle and Late Bronze Age Central and Northern Europe
Leaf arrowheads
Leaf arrowheads with barbs
Arrowheads from the Late Bronze Age
Middle to Late Bronze Age France
Greek cultural area II
Stemmed arrowhead of the Late Bronze Age
Arrowheads with thread attachment
Grommet arrowheads of the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age
Pin arrowheads of the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age
Hallstatt period
Scythian cultural area
Arrow money
Iberian Peninsula
Greek cultural area III
Bronze arrowheads in the Middle Ages

Chapter 2: Iron arrowheads

Designations of an arrowhead
Roman three-bladed arrowheads
Roman needle-shaped projectile points
Roman torsion gun projectile points
Roman projectile points
Celtic and keltoid arrowheads
Sarmatian arrowheads
Germanic arrowheads
Frankish arrowheads
Arrowheads of the Migration Period
Avar arrowheads
Slavic arrowheads with barbs
Arrowheads of the Middle Ages 5th - 14th century(here arrowheads with socket shafts)
Arrowheads of the Vikings
Arrowheads with barbs
Arrowheads with barbs and twisted socket
Arrowhead with four barbs
Arrowheads with only one barb
Arrowhead with long barbs and short socket
Arrowheads with curved barbs
Arrowheads with a single socket shaft
Forked arrowheads
Bouncing arrowhead
Tapered arrowhead
Arrowheads with square blade cross-section
Square needle arrowheads
Leaf arrowheads
Three-bladed arrowhead
Arrowheads with short blade and long socket
Fire arrowheads with openwork blade

Barbed arrowheads(here arrowheads with thorn shafts)
Arrowheads with several barbs
Blade arrowheads in oval lancet shape
Arrowhead with rhombic blade cross-section
Arrowheads with pronounced rhombic head and elongated shaft spine
Arrowheads in rhombic shape
Blade arrowheads in rhombic shape
Blade arrowheads in spontaneous form
Leaf arrowheads with transition to triangular shape
Leaf arrowheads in triangular shape
Chisel arrowheads
Forked arrowheads
Cone and bounce arrowheads
Three-bladed arrowheads
Needle points
Pyramidal arrowheads
Fire arrowheads
Arrowheads of the Mongols
Turkish arrowheads in Europe
Arrowheads without shafting

Chapter 3: Crossbow projectile points

Designations of a projectile point
Projectile points with square blade cross-section
Projectile point with lancet-shaped blade and square blade cross-section
Projectile point with special square needle shape
Projectile point with long square blade cross-section
Projectile points in rectangular needle shape
Projectile bolt with rectangular blade cross-section
Projectile bolt in rhombic lancet shape
Projectile bolt in rhombic shape - crossbow bolt
Projectile tip with triangular blade
Square conical projectile bolt
Lancet-shaped projectile points
Hunting projectile bolts with barbs
Forked bolt
Chisel bolt
Hunting made iron
Hunting short cutting bolt
Bouncing bolt
Military butt bolt
Disc bolts
Branding bolts for bows, crossbows and handguns 14th - 16th century
Arbor projectile points with square blade cross-section(from here on arbor stocks)
Mandrel projectile points with rectangular and square blade cross-section
Mandrel projectile points with round blade cross-section
Mandrel projectile points with rhombic blade cross-section
Lancet-shaped projectile points
Projectile points with barbs
Chisel bolt
Forked bolt
Square projectile points
Military projectile bolt
Pyramidal projectile bolts
Square projectile bolts
West Russian projectile points
Incendiary arrowheads
Howling bolts
Bullets of the Schnepper and Balotte crossbow
Springolf, emergency stable and rifle arrows
List of illustrations
Bibliography

Scope of delivery

• European arrowheads and crossbow bolts
• Paperback with 266 pages, in German language.
• With 473 illustrations and 445 hand-drawn sketches.