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Paateri & Arkko 1990. Perinteisen suomalaisen varsijousen valmistus. Arma Fennica 4 - Suuri Jousikirja. Ed. Timo Hyytinen. 130-138. (ISBN 951-96205-0-8)
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Bows
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Baker, Tim [1992] 2000e. Bows from boards. Traditional bowyers bible, volume two. Ed. Jimm Hamm. 19-50.
Baker, Tim 2008. Design and performance revisited. Traditional bowyers bible, volume four. 113-158.
Bálint, Csaba 2014. The bow from Holmegaard settlement and some remarks on the Mesolithic bows. The University of Copenhagen. Periodekursus 2 (Forhistorisk Arkæologi). (Available here)
Boie, Achim & Bader, HD 1995. Bows used by the Huns. Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries 38. 28-32. (Available here)
Callahan, Errett 2001. Arctic Archery I-III. Primitive Technology II - Ancestral Skills. Ed. David Wescott. 119-133.
D’Alù, Dario & Dubini, Marco 2004. Longbow e fisica elementare. (Available on this site)
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Kooi, B.W. & Sparenberg, J.A. 1980. On the static deformation of a bow. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 14.'. 27-45. (Available here)
Kooi, B.W. 1981. On the mechanics of the bow and arrow. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 15. 119-145. (Available here)
Kooi, B.W. 1983. On the Mechanics of the Bow and Arrow. PhD thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. (Available here)
Kooi, B.W. 1991a. The 'cut and try' method in the design of the bow. Engineering Optimization in Design Processes, volume 63. 283-292. (Available here)
Kooi, B.W. 1991b. Archery and Mathematical Modelling. Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries, 34. 21-29. (Available here)
Kooi, B.W. 1991c. On the mechanics of the modern working-recurve bow. Computational Mechanics, 8. 291-304. (Available here)
Kooi, B.W. 1993. On the Mechanics of some Replica Bows. Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries, 36. 14-18. (Available here)
Kooi, B.W. 1994. The Design of the Bow. Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. v. Wetensch, 97, 283-309. (Available here)
Kooi, B.W. 1996. Functioning of ears and set-back at grip of Asiatic bows. Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries, 39. 73-77. (Available here)
Kooi, B.W. & Bergman, C.A. 1997a. An Approach to the Study of Ancient Archery using Mathematical Modelling. Antiquity 71. 124-134. (Available here)
Kooi, B.W. & Sparenberg, J.A. 1997b. On the Mechanics of the Arrow: Archer's Paradox. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 31. 285-306. (Available here)
Kooi, B.W. 1998a. Bow-arrow interaction in archery. Journal of Sport Sciences, 16. 721-731. (Available here) (Available here)
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Spotted Eagle, Douglas 1978. Making Indian Bows and Arrows... The Old Way. Liberty, Utah.
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Crafts
Bealer, Alex W. [1969] 1995. The art of blacksmithing. Castle books. Edison, NJ.
Edhold, Steven & Wilder, Tamara 1999. Cordage. Primitive Technology - A book of earth skills. Ed. David Wescott. 149-150.
Other
Gordon, J.E. 1978. Structures or Why Things Don’t Fall Down. Pelican. Harmondsworth. (Referred to by Koii, 1991b: 9)