Projectile point shape and durability: The effect of thickness:Length

American Antiquity

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 353-363

  Cheshier, Joseph ^a   Kelly, Robert L ^b  

^a University of Wyoming ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 33847251989     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/40035908     Document Type: Article

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