Atlatl (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jeffrey J Flenniken. A W Raymond.

J. Whittaker: Similar to Flenniken 1985.

DOCUMENT Citation Only John L Palter.

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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....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Fletcher Gardner. George C. Martin.

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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 -...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Hasso Von Winning.

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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.

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...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Orville H Peets.

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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.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul Campbell.

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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...

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...

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...

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. ...

DOCUMENT Citation Only William B. Butler.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only William B Butler.

J. Whittaker: More formal report of 1979. Est velocity 23.2 m/sec, but not measured, darts “much too light and of extremely poor balance” (unfletched), too dull. Lesson: need to be prepared ahead for opportunities like this.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Max Uhle.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Rodney M. Peck.

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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.

DOCUMENT Citation Only George C Frison.

J. Whittaker: Detailed summaries of many sites, especially kill sites, including Paleoindian. Colby, Hanson, Agate Basin, Casper, Horner, Finley sites. Cultural chronology and projectile points. Photos Late Archaic (200-500 AD) atlatl and foreshafts from Spring Creek Cave. Comments on hunting and butchery with stone tools and bone expedient tools. Lots of experiments with stone points and foreshafts, but mostly with thrusting spears. [Atlatl experiments mentioned in passing, and he seems to feel...

DOCUMENT Citation Only George C Frison.

J. Whittaker: Some of same material as 1978, but different book. Includes more info on atlatls and weapons, stone tool chapter by Bruce Bradley. [Quality of production is disgraceful - line drawings and text slightly murky, photos look like something printed in 1950s India.]

DOCUMENT Citation Only Larry Neal.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only John Leonard Baer.

J. Whittaker: C.C. Abbott responsible for term "bannerstone". 3 bannerstones with short stone shafts from NC, one pictured [can't tell if hole goes all the way through] Describes manufacture process from site in PA: slate blocked out, pecked, scraped, drilled, polished. Experiments by McGuire suggest 10.5 hrs for all that. Fragile, unsharpened, no practical use: "mounted upon handles for ceremonial use".

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ulrich Stodiek.

J. Whittaker: from work for 1993: antler pts all that remain of darts assoc with Upper Paleolithic atlatls. Double + single beveled points show diameter around 10 mm, = shaft size, which works with shafts 1.3-2.2 m long. Tested using crossbow device, 30 m/sec velocity, at 15 m range, equivalent to velocity attained with spearthrower. Used gutted fallow deer carcass, 45 kg. Points attached with only resin/wax glue failed or split shaft, but lashing of sinew made the hafting strong enough. Body...