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- Title
Tanged points, microblades and Late Palaeolithic hunting in Korea.
- Authors
Chuntaek Seong
- Abstract
The present study examines the stone weapons available in Late Palaeolithic Korea, showing how the change in lithics signals a change in hunting strategy. In advance of the Late Glacial Maximum, a tanged spear tip flourished, reflecting the hunting of large mammals associated with the colder climate. In the more variable climate that followed, the prevalence of microliths suggests lightweight composite hunting weapons mostly used in pursuit of small game and diverse food resources. These weapons eventually included bow and arrows in the final Pleistocene.
- Subjects
KOREA; PREHISTORIC hunting; PREHISTORIC weapons; STONE implements; PALEOLITHIC Period; ARROWHEADS; ANTIQUITIES
- Publication
Antiquity, 2008, Vol 82, Issue 318, p871
- ISSN
0003-598X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003598X00097647