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Wound Ballistics from Stone Projectiles

Posted on |2018 Feb 01 Thu||2018 Feb 01 Thu| By WAA No Comments on Wound Ballistics from Stone Projectiles
Literature

Wound ballistics: The prey specific implications of penetrating trauma injuries from osseous, flaked stone, and composite inset microblade projectiles during the Pleistocene/Holocene transition, Alaska U.S.A. by Janice Wood and Ben Fitzhugh Journal of Archaeological Science, January 2018 Highlights •Ballistic gel results predicted wound potential of points into soft tissues of the carcass. •The inset microblade point … Read More “Wound Ballistics from Stone Projectiles” »

Set in Stone – Bannerstones

Posted on |2017 Jun 27 Tue||2017 Dec 08 Fri| By WAA No Comments on Set in Stone – Bannerstones
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By Eric A. Powell for Archaeology Around 8,000 years ago, in the woodlands of what is now the eastern United States, hunter-gatherers began to make stone objects with holes drilled in them that have no parallel in any other prehistoric society. Today, archaeologists call these highly polished and sometimes elaborate objects “bannerstones.” The name was … Read More “Set in Stone – Bannerstones” »

Shift from Spear Thrower to Self Bow Exacerbates Social Disparities

Posted on |2017 Jan 31 Tue||2022 Jun 07 Tue| By WAA No Comments on Shift from Spear Thrower to Self Bow Exacerbates Social Disparities
Literature

Paper by Brigid Sky Grund 2017 ABSTRACT: Self-bows replaced spear throwers as primary terrestrial hunting weapons on nearly all continents at different time periods throughout human prehistory. Many scholars have debated whether this transition occurred because of a shift in resource exploitation toward smaller fauna or because of the bow’s supposedly superior performance in warfare. … Read More “Shift from Spear Thrower to Self Bow Exacerbates Social Disparities” »

Deer Hunting Report 2012

Posted on |2012 Dec 31 Mon||2022 Jun 07 Tue| By Ron Mertz No Comments on Deer Hunting Report 2012
Literature

History of Efforts to Legalize Deerhunting in Missouri

Posted on |2012 Sep 14 Fri||2022 Jun 07 Tue| By Ron Mertz No Comments on History of Efforts to Legalize Deerhunting in Missouri
Literature

INTRODUCTION Several people have suggested that I write an account of efforts leading to the decision by the Missouri Department of Conservation to legalize the atlatl and dart for deer hunting. In preparation for writing this report, I printed and review ed over 100 emails I had either sent or received related to these efforts … Read More “History of Efforts to Legalize Deerhunting in Missouri” »

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