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      "Cross-cultural presence",
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      "A pike is a very long infantry spear; a lance is used from horseback; a harpoon is barbed and tethered"
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        "quantity": "oldest wooden spears",
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        "unit": "years",
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        "quantity": "athletics javelin length",
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        "unit": "m",
        "note": "men"
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      "Roman hasta and pilum",
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      "ceremonial and ritual spears",
      "the fire lance as an early gunpowder weapon",
      "the athletics javelin"
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        "relation": "is a kind of",
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      "Legal restrictions on carrying",
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        "Present a replica as an authentic artefact in a sale."
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        "Spears remain in use for subsistence hunting and fishing under Indigenous rights.",
        "Weapons in collections are often taken from communities and may be sacred."
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        "Museum visitors",
        "Buyers of artefacts"
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      "master_systems": [
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      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Spear",
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                    "text": "How do spears differ from pikes, lances, harpoons and fire lances?",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits the specific weapon?",
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                    "text": "Which sources are cited?",
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                    "text": "Which references are standard?",
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                    "text": "Is the presentation respectful?",
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                    "text": "How did the javelin become an athletics event, and how is spearfishing regulated?",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits javelin throw?",
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                    "text": "What laws govern possession of spears and similar items, in general terms?",
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                    "kind": "boundary"
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                    "text": "How do archaeologists and museums study and reconstruct spears?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits experimental archaeology?",
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                  }
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        ]
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  "openQuestions": [
    "Should javelin and pike be separate primary entries?",
    "How should archaeological references be linked?",
    "The registry entry has merged aliases naming distinct historical weapons and uses; should they be split off?"
  ],
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