Sociopolitical complexity and the bow and arrow in the American Southwest

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 111-117

  Vanpool, Todd L ^a   O'Brien, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral Pueblo; Bow; Casas Grandes; Hohokam; Political complextity

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84879316814     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21355     Document Type: Article

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