A macrofracture study of bone points used in experimental hunting with reference to the South aAfrican middle stone age

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 66, Issue 193, 2011, Pages 67-76

  Bradfield, Justin ^a   Lombard, Marlize ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

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