Historic period metal projectile points and arrows, Alberta, Canada: A theory for aboriginal arrow design on the Great Plains

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 44, Issue 168, 1999, Pages 163-187

  Pyszczyk, Heinz W ^a  

^a ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrows; Bows; Late Prehistoric; Metal projectile points; Protohistoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748411916     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2052546.1999.11931954     Document Type: Review

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