Projectiles and hafting technology

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789401776011, 2016, Pages 167-185

  Rots, Veerle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Armature; Breakage; Experiments; Hafting; Impact traces; Middle palaeolithic; Projectile; Wear traces

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991626448     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-7602-8_12     Document Type: Chapter

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