Projectile technology / edited by Heidi Knecht.

Other author Knecht, Heidi.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Plenum Press, ©1997.
Descriptionxviii, 408 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesInterdisciplinary contributions to archaeology
Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology. ^A237017
Contents The history and development of projectile technology research / Heidi Knecht -- Factors influencing the use of stone projectile tips: an ethnographic perspective / Christopher J. Ellis -- Middle Paleolithic spear point technology / John J. Shea -- The microwear and morphology of microliths from Gleann Mor / Bill Finlayson and Steven Mithen -- Side-notched and unnotched arrowpoints: assessing functional differences / Andrew L. Christenson -- Sinew-reinforced and composite bows: technology, function, and social implications / Christopher A. Bergman and Edward McEwen -- Contributions of multidisciplinary experimentation to the study of Upper Paleolithic projectile points / Jean-Michel Geneste and Serge Maury -- Projectile points of bone, antler, and stone: experimental explorations of manufacture and use / Heidi Knecht -- Hunting during the Upper Paleolithic: bow, spearthrower, or both? / Pierre Cattelain -- Self-barbed antler spearpoints and evidence of fishing in the Late Upper Paleolithic of Cantabrian Spain / James Pokines and Marcy Krupa -- Technology and variation in arrow design among the Agta of northeastern Luzon / P. Bion Griffin -- Hunting and multifunctional use of bows and arrows: ethnoarchaeology of technological organization among Pumé hunters of Venezuela / Russell D. Greaves -- A comparison of Kua (Botswana) and Hadza (Tanzania) bow and arrow hunting / Laurence E. Bartram, Jr. -- Each according to need and fashion: spear and arrow use among San hunters of the Kalahari / Robert Hitchcock and Peter Bleed -- Projectile points: form, function, and design / Margaret C. Nelson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 97034477
ISBN0306457164

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GN799.T6 P76 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold