Kinesiology students practiced with prehistoric atlatl weapons to understand proper shoulder movement and biomechanics "Fun ...

Atlatl workshop Sept. 21 from noon to 5 p.m. Atlatl experts Bob and Cheryll Berg of Thunderbird Atlatl teach traditional and modern techniques of atlatl and dart construction, flint knapping, hafting ...

Andrew Abyo demonstrates how to throw a spear-length dart using an atlatl as Cindy and Todd Palmatier watch Saturday at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News) The ...

Have you ever heard of an atlatl? It is an ancient tool that uses leverage to allow a spear to be thrown faster and further. It is a lot like the... Oct 10, 2014 — Have you ever heard of an atlatl? It ...

ADDISON Chimney Point State Historic Site will host a workshop on how to make and use atlatls, which are spears that were used for hunting before the advent of the bow and arrow. The $65-per-person ...

Most visitors to the Archaeology Fair on Saturday will never need to use their newly-found skills of throwing with an atlatl or describing a moose in sign language. But if event director Gwendolyn ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — An ancient weapon that was apparently used as early as prehistoric times to slay woolly mammoths may soon be added to the arsenals of Pennsylvania hunters. The state Game Commission ...

A new study led by Archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State University’s Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e. spear thrower) functions ...

ADDISON, Vt. – Celine Thouin learned a lot as a student at Franklin Pierce University, and one of the skills she has held onto the longest is how to use an ancient spear-throwing tool. She got to ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - An ancient weapon that was apparently used as early as prehistoric times to slay woolly mammoths may soon be added to the arsenals of Pennsylvania hunters. The state Game ...