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

Fourteen years ago, in the mountain ice outside Yellowstone National Park, he spotted the foreshaft of a throwing spear called an atlatl dart, carved from a birch sapling 10,300 years ago.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2021

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

The blunt edge was likely glued into a groove along an arrow shaft or into a projectile for an atlatl, a device for hurling a spear or dart.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 7, 2012

The young man reached over his shoulder and from the furred quiver slung on his back drew an atlatl lance and fitted it to his throwing stick, holding it ready.

From The Hohokam Dig by Pratt, Theodore