Social complexity and the bow in the prehistoric North American Record

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 81-88

  Bingham, Paul M ^a   Souza, Joanne ^a   Blitz, John H ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlatl; Bow; Neolithic; Social coercion; Social complexity; Theory of history

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARCHEOLOGY; CATERING SERVICE; HISTORY; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TECHNOLOGY; EDITORIAL;

ARCHAEOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH AMERICA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84879308983     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21353     Document Type: Article

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