Research Catalog

Title

Projectile technology / edited by Heidi Knecht.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors

Knecht, Heidi.

Description

xviii, 408 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology

Uniform Title

Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology.

Subjects

• Stone implements
• Projectile points > Classification
• Tools, Prehistoric
• Projectile points > Analysis

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. The History and Development of Projectile Technology Research / Heidi Knecht -- Ch. 2. Factors Influencing the Use of Stone Projectile Tips: An Ethnographic Perspective / Christopher J. Ellis -- Ch. 3. Middle Paleolithic Spear Point Technology / John J. Shea -- Ch. 4. The Microwear and Morphology of Microliths from Gleann Mor / Bill Finlayson and Steven Mithen -- Ch. 5. Side-Notched and Unnotched Arrowpoints: Assessing Functional Differences / Andrew L. Christenson -- Ch. 6. Sinew-Reinforced and Composite Bows: Technology, Function, and Social Implications / Christopher A. Bergman and Edward McEwen -- Ch. 7. Contributions of Multidisciplinary Experimentation to the Study of Upper Paleolithic Projectile Points / Jean-Michel Geneste and Serge Maury -- Ch. 8. Projectile Points of Bone, Antler, and Stone: Experimental Explorations of Manufacture and Use / Heidi Knecht -- Ch. 9. Hunting during the Upper Paleolithic: Bow, Spearthrower, or Both? / Pierre Cattelain --
• Ch. 10. Self-Barbed Antler Spearpoints and Evidence of Fishing in the Late Upper Paleolithic of Cantabrian Spain / James Pokines and Marcy Krupa -- Ch. 11. Technology and Variation in Arrow Design among the Agta of Northeastern Luzon / P. Bion Griffin -- Ch. 12. Hunting and Multifunctional Use of Bows and Arrows: Ethnoarchaeology of Technological Organization among Pume Hunters of Venezuela / Russell D. Greaves -- Ch. 13. A Comparison of Kua (Botswana) and Hadza (Tanzania) Bow and Arrow Hunting / Laurence E. Bartram, Jr. -- Ch. 14. Each According to Need and Fashion: Spear and Arrow Use among San Hunters of the Kalahari / Robert Hitchcock and Peter Bleed -- Ch. 15. Projectile Points: Form, Function, and Design / Margaret C. Nelson.

ISBN

0306457164

LCCN

97034477

OCLC

ocm37513070

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries