A new study led by archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State University's Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e., spear thrower) functions ...

A recent experimental study led by Kent State University and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History suggests that hunting from elevated positions significantly increases the performance of thrown ...

POCATELLO — After attending a 50-year-plus reunion for Pocatello High School last weekend, Dr. Richard Howard spent some time with the real ancient past — a weapon called an atlatl. The atlatl was a ...

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” ...

For decades, archaeologists believed the Clovis people relied on the atlatl, a spear-throwing device capable of launching darts with remarkable force, to hunt mammoths across Ice Age North America. A ...

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Newswise — A new study led by Archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State University’s Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e. spear thrower) ...