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Milks, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0779-6200 (2024) Pleistocene weaponry. In: International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Wiley Online Library. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea2544

Milks, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0779-6200 (2020) Yew wood, would you? An exploration of the selection of wood for Pleistocene spears. In: Berihuete-Azorin, M., Martin Seijo, M., Lopez-Bulto, O. and Pique, R. (eds.) The Missing Woodland Resources: Archaeobotanical studies of the use of plant raw materials. Advances in Archaeobotany, 6 (6). Barkhuis Publishing, Groningen, pp. 5-22. ISBN 9789493194359

Milks, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0779-6200, Dinnis, R. and Pope, M. (2016) Morpho-Metric Variability of Early Gravettian Tanged “Font-Robert” Points, and Functional Implications. In: Iovita, R. and Sano, K. (eds.) Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Stone Age Weaponry. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 135-146. ISBN 9789401776028 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7602-8_9