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Atlantic Traverses, Contrastive Illuminations (2015)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Christopher Fennell.

Research projects in historical archaeology have been greatly enhanced by trans-Atlantic, comparative perspectives and questions probing the contours of European colonial impacts. Marley Brown's work has provided a key intellectual impetus to these developments. His focus has compelled colleagues to exhaust interdisciplinary data sets in each research project, and to frame questions with a large-scale, comparative perspective. A remarkable variety of research questions are being addressed, often...

An atlas of primitive American clothing (2006)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Evard Gibby. David Wescott.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...

The Atlatl and Dart Workbook (2000)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Wyatt R Knapp. Lou Becker.

J. Whittaker: Detailed instructions on making atlatls and darts, and general information on throwing, contests, hunting, and other stuff. [Easy to read, generally good information. The atlatls are all rather modernized, but despite this, most are unnecessarily complicated for the beginner. Instructions are well illustrated. Suggests (incorrectly) that atlatl weight transfers its momentum to dart. Includes ISAC rules, list of sources (but lacking many important ones).]

The Atlatl Assessed: A Review of Recent Anthropological Approaches to Prehistoric North American Weaponry (1985)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Bruce D Dickson.

J. Whittaker: [Thorough review, good references, some mistakes.] Seems to accept theory of lengthened contact with spear rather than lever or spring. Most experiments show weights are no help. Atlatl survived for advantages in aquatic hunting and warfare.

Atlatl flex: irrelevant (2006)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John C. Whittaker. A Maginniss.

Atlatl Functions, Fancy, Flex, and Fun. A Reply to Howard (1977)

DOCUMENT Citation Only William B Butler.

J. Whittaker: Reiterates rotational view, suggests experiment with dart held parallel to shaft to prove impossibility [but doesn't do it], mentions possibility of flexing atlatl analogue to spinning rod.

The atlatl in North America (1955)

DOCUMENT Citation Only James H Kellar.

Atlatl long shots and primal instinct (2002)

DOCUMENT Citation Only S R Berg.

Atlatl Replicate Study (1997)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jim Dunbar.

J. Whittaker: Testing breakage on Clovis era ivory rods used as foreshafts. Used 2 atlatls - modified Key Marco form with 2 holes, European Upper Paleolithic form. Oak dowel spear 1.8 m long, 227 grams. Silicified coral point and ivory foreshaft made by C Van Orter, wooden + alligator bone foreshafts. Driven into palm trunk 50 times, points and foreshafts survived, lashings failed. Need more exper to test breakage. [Impressive durability of both pts + shafts].

An Atlatl Spur from the San Francisco Bay Area (2006)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Norm Kidder. David Wescott.

J. Whittaker: Ohlone Indian site Fremont CA, 400 BC-1800 AD. Elk? bone. Notched lump shape to tie on. Tried replica. Photo.

Atlatl Technology: Some Further Reflections (2009)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Scott Jones.

J. Whittaker: Flexible weighted atlatls in N. Am. are advance over more common rigid forms, perhaps as competed with newer bows. [Unfortunately continues to promote spring theories and atlatl as ancestor to bow.] Examples of modern symbolic use of obsolete weaponry.

Atlatl Weight Function (1996)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ray Strischek.

J. Whittaker: [Useful article], considers many variables in accuracy and distance: theories of atlatl weight functions, body motion and casting styles, atlatl grip styles, problems affecting throws. Experiments with lots of variables [not very systematically], concludes: Heavy weights no good, they slow throw, damage arm. Moderate weights increase accuracy by helping prevent spur end of atlatl from being pushed to side as dart flexes. On light flexible atlatls, small weight may increase flex...

The Atlatl, or Throwing Stick, A Recent Study of Atlatls in Use with Darts of Various Sizes (1948)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Malcolm W Hill.

J. Whittaker: Importance of different grips. Could use one hand to hold back dart and add flexing force to throw if atlatl flexible, “grasping the handle of the atlatl with the left hand and the spur end, including the rear end of the dart, with the right hand.” Probably influenced invention of bow. He then says “sweeping movement is necessary to propel the dart.” But he claims the 2-hand method works in cramped quarters to “propel the dart with the wrist alone 40-50 feet.” [Absurd – I can’t...

The Atlatl: Primitive Weapon of the Stone Age (2000)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kris Tuomala.

J. Whittaker: Booklet, 62 pages. Good detail and photos of building atlatl, although focus on Basketmaker type which is more difficult for beginner, dart making, useful tips on use.

Atlatls and Public Prehistory (2002)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John C. Whittaker. Ron Mertz.

J. Whittaker: unauthorized reprint in Ancient American 7(48):18. Atlatls are good for hands-on teaching of primitive technology, and interaction with an interested public.

Atlatls are levers, not springs (2014)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John C. Whittaker.

Atlatls for Teaching and Sport (2002)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John C. Whittaker. Ron Mertz.

Atomic Craters and Bedforms in Bikini: Detailed Geomorphic Signatures of the Seabed (2020)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Art Trembanis. Carter DuVal. Michael L. Brennan. James P. Delgado.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Mapping Crossroads: Archaeological and High Resolution Documentation of Nuclear Test Submerged Cultural Resources at Bikini Atoll" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. From 1946 to 1958 a series of 22 atomic bombs were tested throughout Bikini atoll resulting in a series of anthropogenic craters around the atoll. Now 61 years later, questions remain about what evidence remains for these tests and how human...

Attitudes toward machinery (2019)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Peter Ledwith.

Augmented, Hyper-mediated and IRL (2018)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ann E. Danis.

While archaeologists are making leaps and bounds integrating digital technologies into their work-flow and interpretive strategies, an over-emphasis on the virtual has left a hole where thinking about how archaeologists, collaborators, stakeholders and the public actually encounter archaeology — IN REAL LIFE. While many post about living in a post-digital age, their is a kernel of truth to how many collaborators, especially youth, conceive of their worlds not as full of new media but as, "always...

August 1989 Meeting Minutes, Ballast House, Blossom Point Field Test Facility (1989)

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Meeting Minutes for a 1 August 1989 meeting in regards to the relocation of the Ballast House at Blossom Point, Maryland. The summary in section 7 of the minutes is as follows. Paul McGuff will try to obtain the funds for the research of Architectural, Archaeological, and Historical reports. Moving the house is NOT viable or feasible nor does the stabilization of the shoreline appear to be a feasible option. Fast-track a plan to determine the final outcome of the Ballast House.

The Aura of Things: Locating Authenticity and the Power of Objects (2016)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Benjamin Skolnik.

This paper is about authenticity and the aura, the authority and power of the physical object, historicity and the persistence of the past, and alternatives to scientific archaeology. It is about science fiction, 20th century theorists, 21st century technology, and contemporary landscapes. This paper examines concepts of authenticity and reproduction and how material culture is used in Philip K. Dick’s Hugo award-winning 1962 novel "The Man in the High Castle" as well as in Walter Benjamin’s...

Authenticity on the Ground: Engaging the Past in a California Ghost Town (1999)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Dydia Delyser.

Authenticity—Engaging Your Audiences with Real Experiences: Life Inside The Fishbowl And Other Tales from The North Carolina Maritime Museums’ Queen Anne’s Revenge Demonstration Lab (2020)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michelle E Crepeau.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Telling a Tale of One Ship with Two Names: Queen Anne’s Revenge and La Concorde" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Through the installation of a demonstration laboratory at the Beaufort North Carolina Maritime Museum, the North Carolina Maritime Museum System and the Queen Anne’s Revenge Project have worked together to increase the educational impact of the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR) exhibit. The introduction...

Authority via Mobility: Interpreting Yamasee Ceramics (2018)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Patrick Johnson.

Yamasees worked as non-missionized laborers in Spanish Florida, raided for Charleston traders, fought to expand Georgia, lived with Creek Indians, and worked as diplomats and traders in Pensacola. Letters, speeches, and testimony demonstrate that this mobility— often leading them to outnumber local occupants— allowed Yamasees to dictate terms to and take vengeance against other Native Americans as well as Europeans. Despite such authority, pottery assemblages demonstrate the frequent adoption of...

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