A mechanical and functional study of bone rods from the richey-roberts clovis cache, Washington, U.S.A

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 887-906

  Lee Lyman, R ^a   O'Brien, Michael J ^b   Hayes, Virgil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Box 175 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Butchering Tools; Ceovis Bone Rods; Hafting Wedge; Tool Function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006194729     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1997.0270     Document Type: Article

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