Points and prey: A quantitative test of the hypothesis that prey size influences early Paleoindian projectile point form

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 852-864

  Buchanan, Briggs ^a,b   Collard, Mark ^a,b   Hamilton, Marcus J ^c,d   O'Brien, Michael J ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Clovis; Folsom; Geometric morphometrics; Mammoth; Projectile points

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; MAMMOTH; MORPHOMETRY; PREY SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL REMAINS;

CLOVIS [NEW MEXICO]; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

BISON;

EID: 79251608170     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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