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 {{Quote|style="width: 100%"|- style="text-align: left; color: green; "| ''Though Petersen used the lugs as diagnostic features for his typology of spears, recent scholars have very properly challenged the notion that they serve as chronological or stylistic indicators. Because the lugs have a function in preventing too deep a penetration of the blade, this type of spear was used primarily as a hunting weapon, since with it the animal could be more easily held at bay. So successful was it that it survived in use until the end of the Middle Ages. That it was so employed is demonstrated by the 10th-century cross Middleton A, near Pickering, which depicts a stag hunt with the huntsman wielding a lugged spear. Signe Horn Fuglesang's [FUGLESANG 1980: P.136] discussion of such sockets has convincingly removed the lug as a typological factor, and as a chronological criterion too. |Lang<br>[LANG 1981]''|}} <br>

The ''A number of methods seem to have been used to secure the spearhead to the wooden shaft. Riveting, pinning and gluing were probably the most common. <br>'''Art'''<br>{{Evidence||Art=* Anglo-Saxon art depicts manuscripts depict spear heads with one or more lines through the socket.These have been interpreted as possible rivets.{{Citation needed}} <br>''' |Literature '''<br>--<br>|Archaeology=* Dublin, 66% of the spearheads from Dublin had rivet holes with the hole size usually being between 2 to 3 mm in diameter [HALPIN 2008: p.134].* Isle of Man, Balladoyne. A type K spearhead retained traces of a fine linen fabric that had been wrapped twice around the point of the wooden shaft [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940: p.26].|Discussion =Riveting, pinning and gluing were probably the most common.}}

'''Archaeology'''<br>66% of the spearheads from Dublin had rivet holes with the hole size usually being between 2 to 3 mm in diameter [HALPIN 2008: p.134]. <br>An example of Linen being used to help secure a spearhead can be found on a spearhead from Balladoyne in the Isle of Man. This type K spearhead retained traces of a fine linen fabric that had been wrapped twice around the point of the wooden shaft (BJORN and SHETELIG 1940, p.26).<br><br> ===Painted shaftsSpear Shafts===A spear shaft painted in a single colour.'''ArtSpear shafts that are painted or stained for decorative effect'''<br>{{Evidence||Art=

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=== Carved shaftsSpear Shafts===''' Archaeology Spear shafts that have been carved for decorative effect'''<br>{{Evidence||Art|Literature|Archaeology* Danish bog finds <br>|Discussion}}

[[File:Aberlemno.png|thumb|Aberlemo stone showing the use of two-handed spear and shield. c.700AD]]{{Guide|1|Allowable}}{Evidence||Art=There are no depictions of spears being used two-handed with a slung shiled shield from the Viking age. What evidence we do have comes from before or after the Viking age and depict combat against either horses, ships or castles. <br>* Scotland, Aberlemo stone. Depicts a warrior attacking a mounted warrior.* England, Canterbury. Stained glass window dated to ??. Depicts a warrior attacking a castle.* Germany. Unknown manuscript C12th. Depicts a warrior attacking a ship. |Literature|Archaeology|Discussion = Two-handed spear combat evolved in the 1980’s as a way of winning reenctment re-enctment battles [SIDDORN 2005]. Using a spear in this fashion has one huge disadvantage, you cannot defend your head with your shield! Having said this I do beleave that some of the large headed winged spears could of possibly been used two-handed as both hunting spears and combat spears. A counter argument to this is the dipiction of warriors using winged spears one-handed in the Codex Aureus Epternacensis illustrated in c.1040AD. <br>

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