Atlatl (Other Keyword)

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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.

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The atlatl in North America (1955)

DOCUMENT Citation Only James H Kellar.

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...

Atlatl long shots and primal instinct (2002)

DOCUMENT Citation Only S R Berg.

The atlatl or spear-thrower of the ancient Mexicans (1891)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Z Nuttall.

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...

Atlatl Weights from Certain Sites on the Northern and Central Great Plains (1967)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert W. Neuman.

The atlatl – a modern adaptation (2008)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Clayton Carter.

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: function and performance (1974)

DOCUMENT Citation Only C Howard.

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.

The Atlatl: the physics of function and performance (1975)

DOCUMENT Citation Only W B Butler.

Atlatl: the Physics of Function and Performance (1975)

DOCUMENT Citation Only William B. Butler.

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.

Atlatls, Bows and Arrows, Pictographs, and the Pecos River Focus (1950)

DOCUMENT Citation Only J. Charles Kelly.

Atlatls, Bows and Arrows, Pictorgraphs, and the Pecos River Focus (1950)

DOCUMENT Citation Only J. Charles Kelley.

Atlatls: Throwing for Distance (1992)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Craig Ratzat.

J. Whittaker: Need flex in both atlatl and dart. Fletching not necessary if dart balanced, and not same diameter for its full length. Recommends short light dart, tapered and point-heavy, unfletched, and long light flexible atlatl. Achieved distances of over 500 ft.

Atlatls: Throwing for Distance (1999)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Craig Ratzat.

Australian spear-traits and their derivations (1936)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Daniel Sutherland Davidson.

Aztec Militarism and Blood Sacrifice: The Archaeology and Ideology of Ritual Violence (2007)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ruben G Mendoza.

J. Whittaker: Revisionist efforts attempt to refute accounts of Aztec sacrifice as “racist, colonialist” etc. But our understanding of large-scale sacrifice not based only on Spanish accounts, also arch evidence of ritual violence - experiments in heart excision, serological study of deposits, forensic analysis of skeletal remains, including numerous sites with evidence of peri-mortem mutilation and cannibalism, 170 crania from tsompantli skull rack at Tlatelolco associated with stone tools used...