The Wood Projectile Point Penetration Study

Author(s): William B Butler

Year: 1979

Summary

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 need heavier darts and small diameter sharp points.

[Very primitive experiment with poor equipment, doesn’t seem Butler was very experienced with practical atlatl use at this time either.]

Cite this Record

The Wood Projectile Point Penetration Study. William B Butler. Megafauna Punchers’ Review. 1 (1): xx-xx. 1979 ( tDAR id: 423336)

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Keywords

General
Atlatl • Hunting • Weapon

Geographic Keywords
USA

Temporal Keywords
Chalcolithic • Mesolithic • Neolithic • Palaeolithic

Spatial Coverage

min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): EXARC Experimental Archaeology Collection Manager

Record Identifiers

ExArc Id(s): 10147

Notes

Rights & Attribution: The information in this record was originally compiled by Dr. Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC Director.