The toggling harpoon is an ancient weapon and tool used in whaling to impale a whale when thrown. Unlike earlier harpoon versions which had only one point...

Look up toggle or toggling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Toggle may refer to: Toggle mechanism Toggle switch Toggling harpoon, an ancient weapon...

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...

Hak Jaculum Javelin Lancea Pilum Plumbata Soliferrum Spiculum Verutum Assegai (Africa) Djerid (Asia Minor, India and Africa) Toggling harpoon (Americas)...

successful in whaling. In the mid-19th century the one flue harpoon was replaced by the toggling harpoon, which was an iron version of the ancient design used...

sea mammals. Various stone and ivory tools were found, including a toggle harpoon, used for hunting sea mammals. The emergence of hunting sea mammals...

Temple was an African-American blacksmith who invented the toggle iron, a type of toggling harpoon, which revolutionized the whaling industry and enabled...

Lancea (weapon) Leister Mesangylon One flue harpoon Plumbata Soliferrum Vel Toggling harpoon Two flue harpoon Yari Schmitt, U.; Singh, A. P.; Thieme, H...

polar bear were found in association with stone tools, as well as a toggling harpoon head made of walrus tusk. The tools show cultural similarities to other...

supplemented the tensile strength of the bow. War harpoon War club Spear-thrower Cable-backed bow Bolas Toggling harpoon Kakivak Ulu Snow knife Inuit axe Inuit crossbow...

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ways of processing food were introduced. Material remains include toggling harpoons, netweights, ground slate points, nets, ulus (chopping knife). The...

red ochre, a Nicoleño harpoon tip, glass projectile points and metal artifacts, and several Native Alaskan toggling harpoon tips. In 2012, Navy archaeologist...

introduce to Greenland such technological innovations as dog sleds and toggling harpoons. There is an account of contact and conflict with the Norse population...

the late Vinča period (Vinča D; c. 4850-4500 cal BC) appeared first toggling harpoon. Vinča agriculture introduced common wheat, oat and flax to temperate...

whale boats were rowed from the shore, and if the whale was successfully harpooned and lanced to death, it was towed ashore, flensed (i.e., its blubber was...

United Kingdom United States Harpoons Explosive harpoon Jarmann harpoon rifle One-flue harpoon Toggling harpoon Two-flue harpoon Hunting type Aboriginal whaling...

the recently invented exploding harpoon and gun on steam powered chaser boats, rather than the old toggling harpoons. Approximately 4,000 whales were...

were used to pull the dog sled along the harsh Canadian winter snows. Toggling harpoon – first used by the Red Paint People of the North American east coast...

Rotary vane pump – invented by Charles Barnes and patented in 1874 Toggling harpoon – an Inuit tool used by Inuit while whale or seal hunting to impale...

technological advancements to the region, including dog sleds and toggling harpoons. There is an Inuit account of contact and conflict with the Norse...

including barbed bone points; daggers of ivory, antler, or bone; toggling harpoons; shell-beaded clothing; and a burial suit made from more than 200...

one-flue harpoon was created. By removing half of the point, the chance of the point cutting its way back out of the whale was greatly reduced. Toggling harpoon...

population in the seas. Whales are killed at sea often using explosive harpoons, which puncture the skin of a whale and then explode inside its body. Anti-whaling...

advanced, introducing more specialized barb fish spears and composite toggling harpoons. Other technology was used as well, including nets and weirs. Trade...

(Ukraine) settlement which reached 15,000–18,000 inhabitants. 4130 BC: Toggling harpoons are invented somewhere in eastern Siberia, spreading south into Japan...

The Dorset people continued Paleo-Eskimo traditions, such as using toggling harpoons and kept a small breed of dog. In addition to seal and walrus, they...

Yup'ik/Cup'ik dance mask (kegginaquq) with the head of walrus yua. Toggle harpoon points are appended to the lower face, over which two walrus figures...

southwards into Cameroon long before Proto-Bantu emerged. 4130 BC: Toggling harpoons are invented somewhere in eastern Siberia, spreading south via trade...

technologies available, such as the winter harpoons and summer harpoons. Winter harpoons, such as the toggling harpoon, were made of wood, iron, and brass....