How to make a pretty darned good atlatl
Author(s): Scott Jones; David Wescott
Year: 2004
Summary
J. Whittaker: Flat somewhat flexible “bow limb” shaft with Gt Basin-like notches and Basketmaker-like loops, plus a bannerstone weight attached by putting a separate rod through it and fixing rod to underside of atlatl shaft (allows bannerstone use with flat, more flexible atlatl). Antler tine hook. Weight more than halfway up shaft from handle is liability. Prefers unfletched, highly flexible forward weighted darts about 3 times atlatl length.
Cite this Record
How to make a pretty darned good atlatl. Scott Jones, David Wescott. Bulletin of Primitive Technology. 24: 48-54. 2004 ( tDAR id: 419401)
Keywords
Temporal Keywords
Bronze Age
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Chalcolithic
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Iron Age
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Mesolithic
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Neolithic
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Palaeolithic
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Viking Age
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): EXARC Experimental Archaeology Collection Manager
Record Identifiers
ExArc Id(s): 5592
Notes
Rights & Attribution: The information in this record was originally compiled by Dr. Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC Director.