America

In the region of America, throwing woods were highly important as hunting weapons. The throwing wood was used for the first time approx. in 100 AC and was used for the rabbit and duck hunt. The building material was wood.

There is a striking concentration of the use of throwing woods in the South-Western part of Northern America. After a detour to the South-East the throwing wood made its way to the East to today Canada. There it mainly served as a battle weapon, which caused the throwing wood to alter its shape and to be shaped more and more like a hatchet.

On its way to the South it reached Mexico, where it was mainly used to hunt hares. Additionally, the throwing wood was treated as a weapon of the gods.

The throwing wood can be found sporadically on the southern continent as well. And in todays Brazil sorcerers are said to have known boomerangs.