2019 Feb 05 Tue Post by: WAA 1 Comment

Video of Northeastern Championships – Sep 2018

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

2018 Feb 24 Sat Post by: WAA Leave a Comment

Coastal Peoples of Oregon: The Par-Tee Collection

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.

2018 Feb 01 Thu Post by: WAA Leave a Comment

Wound Ballistics from Stone Projectiles

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 […]

2017 Jun 27 Tue Post by: WAA Leave a Comment

Set in Stone – Bannerstones

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 […]

1988 Aug 31 Wed Post by: WAA Leave a Comment

The Atlatl Newsletter – Volume 1, Issue 1

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

Video of Northeastern Championships – Sep 2018

Coastal Peoples of Oregon: The Par-Tee Collection

Wound Ballistics from Stone Projectiles

Set in Stone – Bannerstones

The Atlatl Newsletter – Volume 1, Issue 1

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