Tanged points, microblades and Late Palaeolithic hunting in Korea

Antiquity

Volumn 82, Issue 318, 2008, Pages 871-883

  Seong, Chuntaek ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arrows; Korea; Lithics; Palaeolithic; Spears

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149305946     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00097647     Document Type: Article

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