Shooting out the slate: Working with flaked arrowheads made on thin-layered rocks

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1939-1948

  Rodríguez Rellán, Carlos ^a   Valcarce, Ramón Fábregas ^a   Esnaola, Elías Berriochoa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archery; Arrowhead; Experimental archaeology; Projectile technology; Slate

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NEOLITHIC; PHYLLITE; PREHISTORIC; SLATE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

ALISMATACEAE;

EID: 79958729403     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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