A comparison of three later stone age bone point assemblages from south africa

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 195, 2012, Pages 32-43

  Bradfield, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bone points; Hunting weapons; Later stone age; Macrofracture analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865762792     PISSN: 00381969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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