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Weapons of war? Rapa Nui mata'a morphometric analyses
Carl P. Lipo, Terry L. Hunt, Rene Horneman et al., 2016. Antiquity.
Shape analysis of the obsidian mata'a shows they are general-purpose tools, not spear points made for war.
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Cited against the warfare element of the collapse narrative.
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Lipo, C. P., Hunt, T. L., Horneman, R., & Bonhomme, V. (2016). Weapons of war? Rapa Nui mata'a morphometric analyses. Antiquity. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2015.189
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Lipo, Carl P. et al.. “Weapons of war? Rapa Nui mata'a morphometric analyses.” Antiquity (2016). https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2015.189.