Atlatl (Other Keyword)

201-225 (242 Records)

Spring Creek Cave, Wyoming (1965)

DOCUMENT Citation Only George C. Frison.

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 National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R 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 at comments@tdar.org.

Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of California and the Great Basin (2002)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Noel D Justice.

J. Whittaker: [Justice’s books are tremendously impressive syntheses of all sorts of relevant info, even if you don’t agree with all his typological groupings.] p 16 atlatl vs dart pts by size, Thomas, Fenenga etc refs. p 32-39 foreshaft manufacture, dart evidence from caves - Leonard Rockshelter, Hogup, Danger, Gypsum caves summarized, good pics Hidden Cave, Humboldt Cave foreshafts w stone pts. Hafting mastics include pine pitch, asphaltum, others [some like jojoba seem unlikely]. p 41-45...

Stone age spear throwers. Antiquity, flight fundamentals, and the compound pendulum effect – Part 1 (2011)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul Campbell.

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...

Stone age spear throwers. Antiquity, flight fundamentals, and the compound pendulum effect – Part 2 (2011)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul Campbell.

Stone Ornaments Used by Indians in the United States and Canada: Being a Description of Certain Charm Stones, Gorgets, Tubes, Bird Stones, and Problematical Forms (1917)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Warren K Moorehead.

J. Whittaker: [Title tells it: bannerstones etc viewed as ornaments and “problematical,” but with a few more interesting notes. All outdated, but nice illustrations.] C.H.Forbes produced Latin names like ‘geniculate’ for classif system. Manuf by peck and grind, drilling. Bar, bird, and boat forms = amulets. Birdstones mostly OH,NY, IN, MI, WI, Canada. Prob pre-mound. Winged objects [bannerstones] important because often repaired, well made, with dead. Unfinished ‘bipennate’ reused as hafted...

Stone Problems (1963)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Hiram F. Gregory.

Stone tool reduction techniques (1985)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jeffrey J Flenniken.

J. Whittaker: Killed goats with atlatl darts, noted breakage, morphological change when reworked. Claims point types not valid cultural/temporal markers because they can be changed with reworking! [Incorrect, because damaged pts are still reworked into forms current at the time of reworking. Well dismissed by Thomas 1986. The useful information in this article is the high damage rate, damage from animal motion (mostly bending fractures), damage to point bases, support for "Frison effect" of...

A Study of Lithic Biface Manufacturing Traces in the MacCorkle Bifurcate Tradition of Ohio: Investigation into the Atlatl and Dart System (2000)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael J Miller.

J. Whittaker: Unpublished paper for N. Kardulias class at Wooster College. Replicated MacCorkle points, tried deer hunt with atlatl, [limited experiments, rather vague conclusions]. Notes presence of “impact beveling” – beveled edges created or maintained by dart spin as strikes earth.

A study of traditional throwing stick and boomerang tuning (2011)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Luc Bordes.

Survival By Hunting: Prehistoric Human Predators and Animal Prey (2004)

DOCUMENT Citation Only George C Frison.

J. Whittaker: Plains area, Paleoindian to historic, all major animal species, behavioral and hunting technique discussions from experience as hunter, rancher, archaeologist. Atlatls discussed briefly, photo of find from Spring Creek Cave, info on experiments with atlatls, Clovis pts and culled elephants. Stresses importance of knowing animal behavior for hunter and for arch trying to interpret past. It was easier to improve stalking and get close to animals, working with limitations of weapons...

Ten-Minute Atlatls (2008)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John C. Whittaker.

J. Whittaker: simple atlatl design

Testing Predictions from the Hunter-Gatherer Hypothesis - 1: Sex Differences in the Motor Control of Hand and Arm (2007)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Geoff Sanders. Tom Walsh.

J. Whittaker: HGH = sex differences in task performance arose from natural selection favoring hunting-related skills in men and gathering related skills in women. Men should do better at throwing (arm muscles) and visual input from afar, women better at visual input from close, and fine hand manipulations. Test with computer cursor tracking test using hand or arm alone, and ball throwing and peg-board tests and find as predicted males do better with throwing and arms, females with hands and...

Testing Predictions from the Hunter-Gatherer Hypothesis - 2: Sex Differences in the Visual Processing of Near and Far Space (2007)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Geoff Sanders. Tom Walsh. Kamila Sinclair.

J. Whittaker: Laboratory based puzzle task in which participants saw their hands and puzzles in far or near space. Women performed better in near than far, men vice versa. Far and near space processed in ventral and dorsal cortical regions also known as “what” and “where” visual systems, so potentially sexually dimorphic cognitive abilities favored by evolution.

The Thames Atlatl (2009)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Bob Perkins.

Throw this article (2007)

DOCUMENT Citation Only William R Perkins. David Wescott.

Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology Through History (2002)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alfred W Crosby.

J. Whittaker: Extended essay, reasonably well written, mostly accurate although superficial on details. Early sections favor Calvin’s theory of throwing as critical mental development [thankfully he only hints at Calvin’s handaxe throwing nonsense], and Bingham’s idea of group enforcement by throwing as promoting social development. Ethnographic accounts of remarkably accurate stone throwing. First spears at Schöningen 400,000 years ago. Upper Paleolithic - throwing stick or atlatl, adequate...

Throwing Sticks [letter dated September 15 1893] (1893)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Otis T Mason.

Reprinted in "The Cast", Spring 2001:1

Throwing with the atlatl: myths, theories, and prhotographs (2003)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John C. Whittaker. C Hilton.

The Throwing-stick of a Prehistoric People of the Southwest (1905)

DOCUMENT Citation Only George H Pepper.

J. Whittaker: Describes atlatls associated with Basketmakers, pre-Cliff Dweller, no bow and arrow. Comparisons - Mexico, Cushings Florida finds, others. Several SW specimens described, mostly Utah, with some dimensions and a few illustrated. Snake and lightning symbolism. Spears - often cane, many wood foreshafts from Utah, with stone points, bone bunts, one hardened wood in cranium. Mentions some experiments with atlatl and fletching, but not described.

A Time Study in Making an Atlatl with Primitive Flint Tools (1949)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Malcolm W Hill.

J. Whittaker: Took him 2 hours and 58 minutes.

Time Travel, Trebuchets, and Atlatls (2009)

DOCUMENT Citation Only James M Mathieu.

J. Whittaker: Teaching archaeology hands-on. Claims student experiment demonstrated that javelin technique more appropriate analogy to atlatl than baseball throw. Experienced javelin throwers did better at accuracy and distance with atlatls than range of others. [Not enough details given to evaluate this experiment.]

Tir Expérimental de Sagaies et de Flèches Emmanchées de Pointes de la Gravette (1993)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Pierre Cattelain. Marie Perpère.

J. Whittaker: [Experimental shooting of spears and arrows armed with Gravette points.] Detailed description of experiments replicating and using points from Upper Paleolithic Abri Pataud, see Cattelain 1999.

Toward Establishing a High-Resolution Chronological Record of the Atlatl-and-Dart to Bow-and-Arrow Transition in the Great Basin (2024)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard Rosencrance. Geoffrey Smith. Christopher Jazwa.

This is an abstract from the "Advances in Perishable Weaponry Studies: Developing Perspectives from Dated Contexts to Experimental Analyses" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The adoption of the bow-and-arrow by Indigenous peoples was a significant event that had profound social and economic effects. In the Great Basin, researchers have traditionally placed the appearance of the bow-and-arrow weapon system between ~1800 and 1500 calendar years ago...

Traces Macroscopiques d’Utilisation sur les Propulseurs Paléolithiques (1986)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Pierre Cattelain.

J. Whittaker: [Macroscopic use-wear on Paleolithic spear throwers] Experimental and Australian ethnographic analogies.

Translation of the summary of the Doctorate thesis of Ulrich Stodiek, "Zur Technologie der jungpalaolithischen Speerschleuder." (1994)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Martin Street.

J. Whittaker: Ethnographic survey, size ranges. Australian info: successful hunting range 10-30 m. Upper Paleolithic archaeological survey: 123 specimens of hook ends [which include the famous animal carvings, and some pieces considered by others to be complete]. Two hook types: hook, and hook + groove. Surviving pieces are too short to be complete, would be part of more complex tool. Reconstructions and experiments performed: Needed fletching on pine shafts with antler points. Flexibility...