Thinking a bow-and-arrow set: Cognitive implications of middle stone age bow and stone-tipped arrow technology

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 237-264

  Lombard, Marlize ^a   Haidle, Miriam Noël ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

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EID: 84861640919     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095977431200025X     Document Type: Article

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