North America – World Atlatl Association

Video of Northeastern Championships – Sep 2018

|2019 Feb 05 Tue||2019 Feb 18 Mon| WAA No Comments

Article

Video by Elsa Gibertson of Chimney Point State Historic Site in Addison, Vermont

Coastal Peoples of Oregon: The Par-Tee Collection

|2018 Feb 24 Sat| WAA No Comments

The Par-Tee site contains the largest artifact assemblage from the Oregon coast…. Perhaps the most remarkable tools recovered from the site are the remains of at least 23 whale bone atlatls or spear throwers… Several of the Par-tee atlatls are extremely small and were probably used by children.

Wound Ballistics from Stone Projectiles

|2018 Feb 01 Thu||2018 Feb 01 Thu| WAA No Comments

Literature

Wound ballistics: The prey specific implications of penetrating trauma injuries from osseous, flaked stone, and composite inset microblade projectiles during the Pleistocene/Holocene transition, Alaska U.S.A. by Janice Wood and Ben Fitzhugh Journal of Archaeological Science, January 2018 Highlights •Ballistic gel results predicted wound potential of points into soft tissues of the carcass. •The inset microblade point … Read More “Wound Ballistics from Stone Projectiles” »

Set in Stone – Bannerstones

|2017 Jun 27 Tue||2017 Dec 08 Fri| WAA No Comments

Links, Literature

By Eric A. Powell for Archaeology Around 8,000 years ago, in the woodlands of what is now the eastern United States, hunter-gatherers began to make stone objects with holes drilled in them that have no parallel in any other prehistoric society. Today, archaeologists call these highly polished and sometimes elaborate objects “bannerstones.” The name was … Read More “Set in Stone – Bannerstones” »

The Atlatl Newsletter – Volume 1, Issue 1

|1988 Aug 31 Wed||2017 Dec 07 Thu| WAA No Comments

Newsletter Issue

The Atlatl 1988-1 First issue of The Atlatl, from Summer 1988. Includes articles on: The 1988 Atlatl World Open Original WAA Bylaws Discoveries at the Jurgens Site in Colorado How to make at Atlatl Quiver by Dan Ryan Atlatl Rock Petroglyphs Original WAA Logo names of winners