Ballistically anomalous stone projectile points in Australia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2614-2620

  Newman, Kim ^a   Moore, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian stone tools; Biface; Macroblade; Projectile point; Tip cross sectional area

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; HOMINID; PREHISTORIC; TOOL USE; WEAPONRY;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84874719994     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.01.023     Document Type: Article

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