New records of fishtail projectile points from Brazil and its implications for its peopling

Abstract:  Fishtail or Fell projectile points constitute a specific design associated with early hunter-gatherers at the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary in many parts of South America, especially along the Pacific Coast, Patagonia, and the Argentine-Uruguayan Pampas. In this paper, we present new rec...

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Main Authors: Daniel Loponte, Mercedes Okumura, Mirian Carbonera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of Lithic Studies
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Online Access:http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1312