atlatl
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In another study published last month, researchers tested how males and females used an atlatl, a common prehistoric hunting weapon.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2023
In portraits carved on stone monuments there, the new king, named Yax Nuun Ayiin, holds an atlatl, a spearthrower used by Teotihuacan warriors, and wears a Teotihuacan-style headdress adorned with tassels.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 27, 2020
That said, Mr. Ellis sold his star piece — an 18th-century Alaskan wood atlatl, or throwing board — to a New York collector during the first few hours of the preview on March 9.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2017
One time, to better understand if paleo-Indian hunters could kill a mammoth with an atlatl, he conducted an unusual experiment.
From Washington Times ● May 30, 2015
An atlatl was the weapon which had replaced the stone axe in the stone age.
From The Hohokam Dig by Theodore Pratt
