Melting snow patches reveal Neolithic archery

Antiquity

Volumn 87, Issue 337, 2013, Pages 728-745

  Callanan, Martin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Archery; Climate change; Neolithic; Norway; Oppdal; Snow patches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883300973     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00049425     Document Type: Article

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