Atlatl (Other Keyword)

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Troisiéme championat international Rhénan de Tir au propulseur (1989)

DOCUMENT Citation Only C Bellier. Pierre Cattelain.

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The Tuning of Atlatl Darts (2002)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Dick Baugh. David Wescott.

J. Whittaker: Force is not applied in a straight line, so dart must flex. If end kicks up, dart is too limber, if down, too stiff. Test before fletching. The harder you throw, the stiffer the dart should be. Fairly wide range is acceptable; well-tuned dart works for hard to moderate throw but kicks down for easy toss. Periodicity of dart vibration must match distance/time of throw. Flex of atlatl has little effect on “tuning” and flex of atlatl or dart contributes almost no energy to throw.

Un crochet de propulseur Solutréen de la Grotte de Combe-Saunière 1 (Dordogne) (1989)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Pierre Cattelain.

J. Whittaker: In French. .[A Solutrean Spear Thrower Hook from the Cave of Combe-Sauniere 1.] Short distal end piece with male hook, made of reindeer antler tine. Solutrean levels, associated with shouldered points. Decorated with a few lines. On tine, so originally short. Similar specimens beveled to attach to atlatl, tried experimentally. [If context correct, earliest spear thrower find]

Using Moments of Inertia to Determine the Positions of Atlatl Weights on a Throwing Board (1999)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ellery Frahm.

J. Whittaker: Unpublished class paper, Anthropology Dept, Grinnell College. Moment of inertia is the tendency of an object to maintain its path of rotation and increases with the mass of the object and the distance from the axis of rotation. Thus a weight on a swinging atlatl stabilizes its motion and should increase accuracy. The greater the weight and the further from the handle, the more the effect, but the force necessary to swing the atlatl also increases. Using 5 prehistoric atlatls...

Using the Atlatl: The Basics (2009)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Daryl Hrdlicka. David Wescott.

Distinguishes 4 grip types based on how dart, not atlatl, is held: Knuckle (split finger, Basketmaker, with dart between knuckles); Thumb (thumb and index thru loops hold dart); Modified Thumb (1-hole Eskimo with index thru hole, thumb helps hold dart); Hammer (dart on rest, not held by fingers, modern) [so no holes, no rest like Peruvian would be what? Thumb or M Thumb? A good idea for classifying grips but not exhaustive.] Good description of throwing motion.

Variation in North American Dart Points and Arrow Points when One or Both are Present (2008)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lee R Lyman. Todd L Vanpool. Michael J O’Brien.

J. Whittaker: There should be an increase in variability with introduction of new technology as makers experiment to find best combination of attributes, followed by decrease as less functional variations are discarded. Test when arrows are replacing darts, in stratig sequences in Verkamp Shelter, MO, Mummy Cave, WY, and Gatecliff Shelter, NV. Appears to work: “Diversity in dart-point classes should increase as artisans experiment with modifying dart points into effective arrow pts. Thus...

Weapon trials: the atlatl and experiments in hunting technology (2010)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John C. Whittaker.

Weibull Estimation of Use-Life Distribution in Experimental Spear-Point Data (2002)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael J Shott.

J. Whittaker: Statistical technique applied to distribution of failure rates in samples of experimental points suggest that in small points, failure rates are related to chance breakage, but heavier points with more obtuse angles survive better because they resist chance breakage and use-life relates more to cumulative attrition. Small sample of published data (3) with numbers of throws for individual points, varying techniques and goals, and differing materials.

The Weighted Atlatl and Dart: A Deceptively Complicated Mechanical System (1992)

DOCUMENT Citation Only William R Perkins.

J. Whittaker: Began experiments as engineering student 1984, presented this paper Montana Arch Soc 1989, Perkins and Leininger 1989. Atlatl is to propel light flexible dart, not heavy spear, tip of atlatl moves faster than hand, so dart faster than hand-thrown spear. Force is applied at end and dart flexes, similar to arrow. Flex of dart is essential to spring spear off hook before atlatl decelerates and swings down, or would just slip off hook [which in effect is what happens.] Dart flex...

Weights of Chipped Stone Points: A Clue to Their Functions (1953)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Franklin Fenenga.

J. Whittaker: Weighed 884 points from 16 sites in CA plus 1 NV Anasazi, 1 NB 18th C Apache, 1 ND protohistoric, 1 SD protohistoric, 1 MO Archaic, 1 MO Hopewell. Finds bimodality: less than 3.49 gm, and more than 4.5 gm (only 33 = 3.7% fall between). Suggests small point tradition reflects bow and arrow, late sites, while large point tradition is atlatl, earlier sites. Notes contradictory evidence: Browne 1938 and his own experiments with atlatl show small points, no points, large points all...

A wild boar hunt at Cold Brook: a stone age adventure (1996)

DOCUMENT Citation Only S R Berg.

The Wood Projectile Point Penetration Study (1979)

DOCUMENT Citation Only William B Butler.

J. Whittaker: Spoof journal title of informal report on butchery experiments with circus elephant “Margie” in Denver, June 1979. Includes butchery account by Rippeteau, Clovis thrusting spear experiment by Bruce Huckell. Other participants included B. Bradley, M. Wormington, G. Frison. Butler made 2 darts of pine dowel, 122 cm long, 92 and 99 gm, apparently unfletched, with sharpened ends, one fire-hardened. Penetration poor, only 3-7 cm when thrown from 3-4 m away into belly skin. Suggests...

Wood Projectile Point Penetration Study (1979)

DOCUMENT Citation Only William B. Butler.

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Yahi archery (1918)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Saxton T Pope.

J. Whittaker: Hunting distance 10-20 yards p. 126. includes Plates 21-37.

Zur Schäftungsweise jungpaläolithischer Speerschleudern (1988)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ulrich Stodiek.

Zur Technologie der jungpaläolithischen Speerschleuder: eine Studie auf der Basis archäologischer, ethnologischer und experimenteller Erkenntnisse (1993)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ulrich Stodiek.

J. Whittaker: (The Technology of the Upper Paleolithic Spearthrower: A Study Based on Archaeological, Ethnological, and Experimental Data). [A magnificent book, lots of information and illustrations of all kinds of atlatls, including famous Upper Paleolithic ones, and details of Stodiek’s reconstructions and experiments. From my point of view, too bad it’s in German, and now out of print. Someone should publish a full translation. See Street 1994 for information from his translation of the...

Zurück aus der Vergangenheit - Die Speerschleuder (1997)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Wulf Hein.