How atlatl darts behave: Beveled points and the relevance of controlled experiments

American Antiquity

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 590-601

  Pettigrew, Devin B ^a   Whittaker, John C ^b   Garnett, Justin ^c   Hashman, Patrick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84951276142     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/0002-7316.80.3.590     Document Type: Article

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