Atlatl – ancient skills in modern times
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By John C. Whittaker and Devin Pettigrew, published in The Atlatl 2023.04 (images available in that newsletter) We have had people ask why we would bother to continue doing carcass experiments, sort of an “if you’ve shot one bison, you’ve shot ’em all” attitude. Any hunter or experimenter knows this is not the case. In … Read More “ATLAT VS. BISON AGAIN, Part 1” »
COACHING THE ATLATL: How a Spearthrower Throws a Spear. John Whittaker Feb 2002, revised April 20, 2023 Throwing a dart with an atlatl is a complex sequence of motions. It is difficult to visualize and explain exactly what happens, and a number of fallacies and odd theories have made their way into the literature. Unlike … Read More “How to throw with an atlatl” »
“The Bodies in the Cave” by Rachel Monroe (Contributing writer at The New Yorker covering Texas and the Southwest) from the Magazine, The New Yorker, October 10, 2022 Issue By Frank Lukes, Editor of The Atlatl This article follows Byron Schroeder, Head of the Center for Big Bend Studies, a research institute focused on archaeology … Read More “Review: The Bodies in the Cave” »
Take a tour of the Experimental Archeology lab in Ohio. Video Tour ALSO: “Janice Wood and Ben Fitzhugh, from the University of Washington’s anthropology department, tried to answer this question by reconstructing the prehistoric projectiles and points that would have been in these hunters’ arsenal.” read more at Atlasobscura.com