In the middle ages, the bow was 'unbacked', meaning, it was a solid piece of wood, un-laminated. The English Longbow was a solid piece of Yew...the back of it was the 'heart of the tree' (or center) and was up to over 100# in strength. Sometime during the last several hundred years, it started to have a backing. The American Indians began to use sinew backing which made stronger bows that lasted much longer. In the last century, laminated bows came into being using thin layers of material. Fiberglass and carbon types are used now in several layers for recurve bows. Recurves have always been around sine the begining, but the new type is the Compound bow with pullies. This makes the bows even stronger. In this case, special arrows had to be made that would take the strength of the heavy bows. (A light arrow will shatter like a piece of glass if used in a heavy bow).

Hey ody im doing a senior project on archery. My question is "How has the bow and arrow developed throughout history?" Do you know anyone that might be able to shed some light on the subject?

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