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was a self bow made of a single piece of wood, but modern longbows may also be made from modern materials or by gluing different timbers together.

History

Europe

Prehistory

A longbow was found in 1991 in the Ötztal Alps with a natural mummy known as Ötzi. His bow was made from yew and was 1.82 m long; the body has been dated to around

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