Projectile Technologies of the African MSA: Implications for Modern Human Origins

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 233-255

  Brooks, Alison S ^a   Nevell, Lisa ^a   Yellen, John E ^b   Hartman, Gideon ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle Awash; Oxygen Isotope Stage; Projectile Point; Projectile Technology; Striking Platform

Indexed keywords

EID: 85118612715     PISSN: 15682722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-24661-4_13     Document Type: Chapter

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