A pair of researchers with the University of Alberta has found evidence that suggests early Native American adults taught children how to use an atlatl by making a smaller version of the dart-throwing ...
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Archaeologists say it s the atlatl, a simple handheld device with which 5- to 8-foot arrow-like darts are hurled at speeds exceeding 100 mph. Of course, that was thousands of years ago when woolly ...
Stone arrowheads, produced through a process known as knapping, are a major focus of events like the Bald Eagle Knap-In Primitive Arts Festival held annually by the Susquehanna Valley Flint Knappers ...
The purpose of Saturday's annual Alaska Atlatl Fun and Throw was not lost on 7-year-old David Schreyer. He and his dad spent the afternoon at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, where a parking lot was ...
The Willis Carey Wing of the Cashmere Museum in Cashmere, Washington includes an exhibit entitled Primitive Weapons which features the atlatl and the bow. The atlatl is a wooden shaft—often about 18” ...
The ancient saber-toothed tiger is bent over, guarding a carcass of a horned bull. About 20 yards away, Bob Sizemore surveys his target. Sizemore lifts a curved piece of wood half the length of his ...
The purpose of Saturday's annual Alaska Atlatl Fun and Throw was not lost on 7-year-old David Schreyer. He and his dad spent the afternoon at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, where a parking lot was ...