Osseous projectile weaponry from early to late middle stone age Africa

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789402408973, 2016, Pages 15-29

  Backwell, Lucinda ^a   d’Errico, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Arrow; Bone; Howiesons Poort; Projectile point; Still Bay; Tusk

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043592980     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-0899-7_2     Document Type: Chapter

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