Evidence for the use of the bow-and-arrow technology by the first modern humans in the Japanese islands

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 10, Issue , 2016, Pages 130-141

  Sano, Katsuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bow and arrow technology; Early upper Palaeolithic; Japan; Mechanically delivered armatures; Trapezoids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988849476     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.09.007     Document Type: Article

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