Variation in North American dart points and arrow points when one or both are present

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2805-2812

  Lyman, R Lee ^a   VanPool, Todd L ^a   O'Brien, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrow points; Dart points; Evolutionary archaeology; Morphological variation; Natural selection; Projectile points; Stimulated variation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; WEAPON;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 47949096154     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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