Testing archaeological approaches to determining past projectile delivery systems using ethnographic and experimental data

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789401776011, 2016, Pages 189-201

  Clarkson, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experimental archaeology; Human evolution; Impact fracture size; Projectile technology; Tip cross sectional area; Tip cross sectional perimeter

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044937828     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-7602-8_13     Document Type: Chapter

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