Identifying design and reduction effects on lithic projectile point shapes

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 297-307

  de Azevedo, Soledad ^a   Charlin, Judith ^b   González José, Rolando ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Factor model; Geometric morphometrics; Lithic projectile points; Shape variation

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MODELING; MORPHOMETRY; TOOL USE; DESIGN; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHAPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEAPON;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 84884376430     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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