Measuring use-related fracture velocity in lithic armatures to identify spears, javelins, darts, and arrows

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1737-1746

  Hutchings, W Karl ^a  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fracture mechanics; Fracture velocity; Impact fractures; Lithic analysis; Loading rate; Projectile points

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; IMPACT; LITHIC FRAGMENT; LOADING; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 79956140782     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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