Atlatl (Other Keyword)

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I, The Aboriginal (1980)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Douglas W Lockwood.

J. Whittaker: (first illustrated edition). Autobiography of Waipuldanya aka Phillip Roberts as told to Lockwood. First pub 1962. Born ca 1902 in N Australia, Roper River on Gulf of Carpentaria. As boy, “we fought with toy spears, the ends bound with rags so that anyone who was hit wouldn’t be badly hurt.” Hunting with woomera + 10 foot shovelnose spear frequently mentioned but not detailed. Mission school for a few years, then hunt with older man (his future wife’s bro) for training, so at ca...

The importance of doing: tossing atlatl darts in the woods as real science (2012)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul Campbell.

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An inquiry into the status of the Santa Barbara spearthrower (1938)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert F Heizer.

An Introduction to the Atlatl (1994)

DOCUMENT Citation Only David Wescott.

J. Whittaker: [OK intro, but too many errors]. He has an interesting concept of different kinds of atlatl systems: “throwing board” = rigid, heavy harpoons; “spear thrower” = some flex, long heavy spears [but atlatls don’t go back to Neanderthal times]; “flexible system” = SW, flexy light atlatls and darts with weights and other tuning; “casting stick” = baton de commandment and other thong-using throwers and very flexy atlatls [not the same]. [His explanations borrow too much from Perkins’...

Jeffers Petroglpyhs: a Cultural-Ecological Study (1973)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Florence Roefer. Meredith English. Gordon Lothson.

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The Key Marco Atlatl (2009)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Bob Perkins.

The Key Marco Atlatl - an interpretive reconstruction (2009)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Atlatl Bob.

The Key Marco Finds (2009)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robin C Brown.

The Last Spear Throwers (2006)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Andy Hall.

J. Whittaker: Hunting with Jimmy Okitkun on the Yukon delta, spearing seals with atlatl because in fresh water they sink if you shoot them. Spear of driftwood with ivory or brass harpoon. Chasing seal with motor boat, repeated throws up to 100 feet before success. Graphic shows “nuqaq” simple Arctic form with paddle handle, one hole for finger, ivory hook [much like the one I made]. [Nice article].

Late Ice Age Hunting Technology (1994)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Heidi Knecht.

J. Whittaker: Different bone/antler points replicated and tested on carcasses. Atlatl assumed, but crossbow used in controlled experiments.

Le Bâton de Commandement (1965)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Leon Underwood.

J. Whittaker: [Odd article, not very useful. Begins with irrelevant and muddled rant on failure of science to recognize art and the subjective.] By labeling baton de commandement a "magic" object, its function was ignored. Not magic, not shaft straightener. Early cave art (Altamira) static, while later (Lascaux) dynamic, reflecting new weapon: baton as spear thrower. Holes comparable to grips on Eskimo versions, but Eskimo are wood, cruder, throw larger spear. [Illustrations show his...

Le Propulseur (2002)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Pierre Cattelain. Jean-Luc Rieu.

J. Whittaker: Glossy color pamphlet, 6 pages. Well illustrated basics of Old World archaeology and ethnography of atlatl.

Lengths Not To Go To in Atlatls (1999)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Courtney Birkett.

J. Whittaker: Reports her experiment with different lengths of atlatl: thrown distance increases with longer atlatl, but beyond 2.5' gets too clumsy.

Les Faons aux Oiseaux (2002)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Emmanuel Demoulin.

J. Whittaker: [In French] Of about 100 Upper Paleolithic European spearthrowers, 7 from France represent the “fawn with birds” motif [a hornless ungulate peering backward over its shoulder at the hook, which is usually interpreted as showing a bird pecking at a fecal pellet emerging from the anus.] All are from Pyrenees and dating to the middle Magdalenian, C14 dated 15,340-13,280 BP. There are two complete (Mas d’Azil and Bedheilhac) and five partial. The facial and back markings indicate...

Les propulseurs à crochet : modernes et préhistoriques (1891)

DOCUMENT Citation Only A Demortillet.

Light versus Heavy Darts: Hunting Strategies of the Basketmaker and Other Atlatl Wielding Indians (2008)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Devin Pettigrew.

J. Whittaker: Summarizes mechanics: lever action, not spring effect, needs flexible dart. Modern hunters using 8 oz (250 gm) darts, but BM equip was light. Penetration experiment on cow carcass. Wooden darts heavier than cane, but dart can be changed by different foreshaft + point combinations. Tried different woods to split, and saplings. Chose Dogwood with oak foreshafts for heavy darts (Berg 8 oz, Frison 12 oz) and box elder for lighter White Dog Cave dart replicas. Distribution of BM...

Lithic Technology in the Middle Potomac River Valley of Maryland and Virginia (2002)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Wm Jack Hranicky.

J. Whittaker: [Full of useful information on lithics and related topics much beyond the focus on Middle Potomac, but rather incoherently organized and written, and he’s too fond of creating bad new jargon.] Lots of illustrations of varying quality. Major sections on chronology, lithic technology, point typology, flake tools, caches, miscellaneous implements, and experimental archaeology. [Small section on atlatls, not well defined, not very useful information. Illustrates atlatl hook of...

Long and short: reconstructing Key Marco atlatls (2011)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John C. Whittaker. Kathryn A Kamp.

Looking closer at basketmaker atlatls and darts (2010)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Chuck Larue.

L’apport de la comparaison ethnographique á la connaisssance et aux tentatives de reconstitution des propulseurs paléolithiques (2000)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Pierre Cattelain.

J. Whittaker: [The contribution of ethnographic comparisons to the understanding and reconstruction of Paleolithic spear throwers.] Mortillet 1891 first recognition of paleo spearthrowers by analogy to Aust + AmInd. Early sources Arctic (depiction of Greenland Inuit 1577), Mexican (codices, art, chroniclers), and Australian (ethnog), accumulated info to 20th C, useful now. More than 100 possible atlatl parts from Solutrean + Magdalenian levels in Europe. Most studies say not really useable...

A Mammoth Undertaking (1994)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Errett Callahan. David Wescott.

J. Whittaker: “The Ginsburg experiment” – butchering circus elephant with Stanford, Bonnichsen, Morlan, G. Haynes in 1978. Focus here on spear tests to examine hafting and basal ends of Clovis points. A few hand throws – penetration only to point hafting. Most throws with simple stick atlatl, unweighted – penetration half depth of chest cavity. Concludes atlatl necessary to kill elephant with Clovis weaponry. Variety of points and haftings tried, some illustrated. Deep slot, tapered distal end...

The Mathematics of the Atlatl. In NSF CCLI Grant #9980883 Enhancing Quantitative Reasoning Using Visualization (2001)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kiisa Nishikawa. Michael I Ratliff.

J. Whittaker: Formulae and math exercises using atlatl. Velocity model, range, kinetic energy.

Miniature atlatl (2011)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Leland Gilsen.

Minor Excavations in Ranger Cave, an Arkansas Bluff Shelter (1954)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Hugh C. Rogers.