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A new approach to the significance of the "weighted" spear thrower (1976)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John L Palter.

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New Experimental Data on the Distance of Sling Projectiles Denmark: an experimental perspective (2009)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Margaret Brown Vega. Nathan Craig.

J. Whittaker: Central Andes, Peru, ethnographic slingers asked to throw for distance. Variable throwing style [no details], irregular river stones 4-9 x 2.5-4.5 cm comparable to archaeol specimens, local wool slings ca 1.8 m long. Recorded 142 casts, men, women, youths. Adult men do best, youth may not practice as much now, women up with men except for longest distances. Max distance 130 m, mean 65 m. Finney experiments (novice slinger) at UK Iron Age hill forts underestimate possible range....

A New Type of Atlatl from a Cave Shelter on the Rio Grande near Shumla, Valverde County, Texas (1933)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Fletcher Gardner. George C Martin.

J. Whittaker: Previous finds of notched arrows in atlatl-age deposits could be contemporaneity, or now explained by find of atlatl to cast them. Ash wood fragment with distal groove and "wedge-shaped" hook to engage arrow nock, narrow, rigid, proximal end missing, decorative notches on bottom. Cane arrow shaft 3/8" diam, end narrowed by sinew wrap, flared for nock, 3 feather traces. Experimental atlatl with commercial arrows got similar range but less accuracy than bow. [Hard to swallow -...

The Non Returning Boomerang (1992)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Errett Callahan. David Wescott.

Notes on the Banner Stone, With Some Inquiries as to its Purpose (1917)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Arthur C Parker.

J. Whittaker: Found just before and after white man, in villages and mounds [incorrect info]. Experiment: winged form serves like fletching on spear, works also as spindle whorl in drilling. Perhaps part of effigy bird forms associated with fire and lightning, maybe head ornament as on copper cut-out of falcon dancer from mound. Moore's "mesh spacer" theory also possible, also idea of atlatl weight. Manufacture described from specimens.

NPAA Northern Plains Atlatl Association Web Page (2003)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Daryl Hrdlicka.

J. Whittaker: Many links and articles, including the following by Hrdlicka. One of the most useful atlatl sites. 2003 Intro to the Atlatl. 2003 Terms for the Atlatl. Ethnographic (Australia has most) and modern, “Klingon,” and ancient [Sumerian, Egypt, Sanskrit – I know no other evidence for atlatls in these areas and suspect the words relate to spears or rabbit stick type “throwing sticks”] 2003 Peg Styles. 2003 Atlatl Weight Attachments. 2003 Handles 2003 Carving Soapstone...

Nuevas técnicas metalúrgicas en armas de la II Edad del Hierro (1999)

DOCUMENT Citation Only J Alonso López. R Cerdán. I Filloy Nieva.

Några praktiska prov med skifferspilspetsar [BA Dissertation] (1971)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Tomas Johansson.

Old and New World Dart-Throwers and Related Topics: An Annotated Bibliography (2000)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lorenz W Brüchert.

J. Whittaker: The serious researcher should find this Lorenz Bruchert’s (2000) bibliography. Very thorough and useful bibliography, some annotation, mostly abstracts from articles. Divided into 9 main topic areas, with topical index and keywords. Lots of hard-to-find ethnographic references.

The Origin and Authenticity of an Atlatl and an Atlatl Dart from Lassen County, California (1941)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Franklin Fenenga. Robert F Heizer.

J. Whittaker: Atlatl of willow, simple stick, slightly curved, with slight finger notches, groove and integral hook, 75 cm long. Cane dart, hardwood foreshaft broken off, 115 cm long, weighs 35.2 gm, v-shaped nock like arrow, 3 radial fletchings. Authors made and tested models, cast 150-250 feet. Origin: Owned in 1910s-20s by “Charlie Paiute,” Maidu, who claimed to hunt with it. His daughter and others deny, as do ethnographic California groups in culture trait studies, although several...

Origine et mode de fabrication des principaux types d’armes et outils en pierre (1917)

DOCUMENT Citation Only L Capitan.

Osseous projectile points: biological considerations affecting raw material selection and design among Palaeolithic and paleoindian peoples (1983)

DOCUMENT Citation Only R D Guthrie.

Palaeolithic Reflections: Lithic Technology and Ethnographic Excavation Among Australian Aborigines (1979)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Brian Hayden.

J. Whittaker: Very detailed description of stone tools and use experiments conducted with aboriginal men and women in Australia. Includes some information on manufacture of woomera type “meru” spear throwers (scoop shape with adze stone hafted in handle) and “crude” spears. [Focus is on hyper-detailed descriptions of use of simple stone tools and their manufacture and wear, useful for lithic studies, not very useful for atlatl interests. Most informants had not actually used stone tools since...

Palaeolithic Spear-Throwers (1955)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Dorothy A E Garrod.

J. Whittaker: 66 specimens, Magdalenian, 2 or 3 complete, 6 antler part complete but intended to have wooden extension. Most hooked (male type), 1 or 2 groove and hook, 1 doubtful female type. Most (41) plain "stick" type of antler, 21 "weighted" by sculpture on a palm of the antler, which incorporates hook. Horse most common motif (29), also reindeer, deer, bison, ibex, mammoth, birds, fish, feline, musk-ox, chamois. Shaft often curved so contacts spear only at hook and handle. Some carvings...

The Paleoindian Fluted Point: Dart or Spear Armature? The Identification of Paleoindian Delivery Technology Through the Analysis of Lithic Fracture Velocity (1997)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Wallace Karl Hutchings.

J. Whittaker: “Velocity-dependent fractures on fluted points reveal fracture rates associated with high-velocity impacts, indicating the use of the spearthrower” No clear evidence of Clovis atlatl, but early dates on hooks from Marmes Rockshelter and Warm Mineral Springs, both 9-10,000 BP, others. Summarizes Clovis and Folsom tool kits and hunting strategies. Problems of classifying points as dart or arrow tips, criticizes Odell’s flake point hypothesis – accidental fractures look similar. ...

Paleolitická štípaná industrie a její použitelnost k lovu (2014)

DOCUMENT Citation Only František Adámek. Petr Čechák. Vaclav Maria Kolert. Marek Pacák.

Panopelies celtiques. Fonctions des armes et reconstitution de l'équipement guerrier (conference summary) (1988)

DOCUMENT Citation Only A Rapin.

Parade and display: experiments in Bronze Age Europe (1977)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John Morton Coles.

Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran

PROJECT Uploaded by: Leigh Anne Ellison

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has had a long-standing interest in the archaeology of Iran. In 1956, Robert H. Dyson, Jr., began excavations south of Lake Urmia at the large mounded site of Hasanlu. Although the results of these excavations await final publication, the Hasanlu Special Studies series—of which this monograph is the fourth volume—describes and analyzes specific aspects of technology, style, and iconography. This volume describes a group of...

A Peruvian atlatl (2004)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John C. Whittaker. David Wescott.

Pfeil und Bogen, Eine archäologisch-technologische Untersuchung zu urnenfelder- und hallstattzeitlichen Befunden (1996)

DOCUMENT Citation Only H Eckhardt.

Pfeilschleuderhaken? (1888)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Max Uhle.

Pilum heads from Roman Brittain (1981)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robin Densem.

Plumbatae – A note on the method of manufacture (1979)

DOCUMENT Citation Only D Sherlock.

Point Typologies, Cultural Transmission, and the Spread of Bow-and-Arrow Technology in the Prehistoric Great Basin (1999)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert L Bettinger. Jelmer Eerkens.

J. Whittaker: Great Basin transition to small points (= bow and arrow) ca. 1350 B.P. Two areas anomalous: 1) central NV lots light pts that should be darts - probably because of resharpening limited material. 2) E. CA light pts with base/neck too wide for arrow. Suggests different modes of transmission: 1 = "indirect bias" copy whole complex at once, vs 2 = "guided variation" more individualistic copying with experimentation, perhaps because of less contact between cultures.

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