Mammoth ivory was the most suitable osseous raw material for the production of Late Pleistocene big game projectile points

Late Pleistocene societies throughout the northern hemisphere used mammoth and mastodon ivory not only for art and adornment, but also for tools, in particular projectile points. A comparative analysis of the mechanical properties of tusk dentine from woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) and Afric...

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Autores principales: Pfeifer, Sebastian J., Hartramph, Wolfram L., Kahlke, Ralf-Dietrich, Müller, Frank A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6381109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30783179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38779-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6381109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30783179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38779-1

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