Making a point: Wood-versus stone-tipped projectiles

Antiquity

Volumn 83, Issue 321, 2009, Pages 786-800

  Waguespack, Nicole M ^a   Surovell, Todd A ^a   Denoyer, Allen ^b   Dallow, Alice ^c   Savage, Adam ^c   Hyneman, Jamie ^c   Tapster, Dan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Desert Archaeology Inc   (United States)

^c Mythbusters   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experimental archaeology; Hunting; Prehistory; Projectiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953047622     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00098999     Document Type: Article

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