Projectile Technology
Born out of a symposium of the same title organized for the 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology held in Anaheim, California in April 1994, this volume contains 15 essays addressing issues ranging from the history and development of archaeological research into the subject to the technical, functional, and design implications of morphological and material variability and ethnoarchaeological investigations of projectile technology. Contributions stretch from the Middle Paleolithic to the ethnographic present and are global in scope.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
