Time Travel, Trebuchets, and Atlatls
Author(s): James M Mathieu
Year: 2009
Summary
J. Whittaker: Teaching archaeology hands-on. Claims student experiment demonstrated that javelin technique more appropriate analogy to atlatl than baseball throw. Experienced javelin throwers did better at accuracy and distance with atlatls than range of others. [Not enough details given to evaluate this experiment.]
Cite this Record
Time Travel, Trebuchets, and Atlatls. James M Mathieu. Expedition. The Magazine of Archaeology, Anthropology. 45 (3): 6-7. 2009 ( tDAR id: 423383)
Keywords
General
Atlatl
•
Education
•
living history
•
trebuchet
Geographic Keywords
USA
Temporal Keywords
Newest Era
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): EXARC Experimental Archaeology Collection Manager
Record Identifiers
ExArc Id(s): 10194
Notes
Rights & Attribution: The information in this record was originally compiled by Dr. Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC Director.