Throwing spears and shooting arrows: Preliminary results of a pilot neuroarchaeological study

South African Archaeological Bulletin

Volumn 69, Issue 200, 2014, Pages 199-207

  Williams, Victoria M E ^a   Burke, Alban ^a   Lombard, Marlize ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

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