For recent prehistory, the archery represents one of the main components of weaponry and, for this reason, it is interesting to examine its impact on societies. At the dawn of the progressive introduction of the metal industry in the technical uses, understanding the process of transfer or implemented is of major interest. Transition time period (Neolithic / Bronze Age), material transition (types of parts produced and types of materials used) and behavioral transition are thus considered for specifying the weapons status in the concerned societies. Here based on the characterization of the archer display, the identification of manufacturing contexts, the recognition of functional fields (uses and users) and the analysis of archaeological remains of ballistic arrow trauma in interpersonal violence contexts, we propose a new recovery of this research field, improving significantly our knowledge and apprehension of these weapons in both time and uses.
