Sociopolitical effects of bow and arrow technology in prehistoric coastal California

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 124-132

  Kennett, Douglas J ^a   Lambert, Patricia M ^b   Johnson, John R ^c   Culleton, Brendan J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel Islands; Climate change; Social hierarchies; Stone tools; Technology

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CALIFORNIA; COERCION; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; SOCIAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY; WAR;

EID: 84879286360     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21358     Document Type: Article

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