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    Javelin". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 27: 249–273. doi:10.2307/624444. JSTOR 624444. S2CID 163650466. Prins, Harald E.L. (2010). "The Atlatl as Combat...
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  • Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Darts can be propelled by a number of means. The atlatl uses leverage to increase the velocity of the dart, the kestros increases...
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  • Harald E. L. "The Atlatl as Combat Weapon in 17th-Century Amazonia: Tapuya Indian Warriors in Dutch Colonial Brazil" (PDF). The Atlatl. 23 (2): 1–3. Buono...
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    paddling and guiding the craft, while the bow man was responsible for using the atlatl (throwing board) in the hunt, with the hunt boss in the middle directing...
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    used clubs, poisoned darts with blowpipes, spears and slings, similar to the atlatl of Mesoamerica. The bows and arrows were not produced by the Muisca themselves...
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    East Books, 2009 "The Atlatl as Combat Weapon in 17th-Century Amazonia: Tapuya Indian Warriors in Dutch Colonial Brazil." In The Atlatl 23(2):1-3. http://waa...
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    name implies "spear thrower". The atlatl is a piece of equipment which was a major advancement for hunting. The atlatl practically lengthens your arms...
    54 KB (7,320 words) - 07:35, 24 August 2024
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    culture times. The bow and arrow was introduced in this period, although the atlatl continued to be used. Pottery styles changed during this period, as people...
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    in caves or rockshelters, was particularly noted. The continued use of the atlatl and dart alongside the bow and arrow as late as the 17th century, long...
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    known as a batab. Although the Maya had projectile technology, such as the atlatl and spear, much of the actual fighting was done at close range with "thrusting...
    21 KB (2,661 words) - 02:15, 15 May 2024
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    they were seasonal occupants or year-round residents. Development of the atlatl during this period made it easier for them to hunt smaller game, a crucial...
    103 KB (12,885 words) - 04:19, 19 September 2024
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    projectiles used specifically for big game. A couple of hundred years later, the atlatl became widely used, which allowed them to throw spears with greater velocity...
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  • developed language and simple technology such as gourds as vessels and the atlatl. The movie was filmed on location in the Scottish Highlands and Tsavo...
    20 KB (2,031 words) - 01:38, 28 September 2024
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    including increased hunting of bison, mule deer and antelope. Nets and the atlatl to hunt water fowl, ducks, small animals and antelope. Hunting was especially...
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  • years ago had developed a highly developed spear thrower in the form of the atlatl to hunt woolly mammoths, giant sloths, mastodon, muskox (euceratherium)...
    58 KB (7,310 words) - 04:18, 12 August 2024
  • drilled by insects that created sounds when the wind blew. The design of the atlatl. Clay instruments from Mesoamerica. The Anasazi flute developed by Ancestral...
    52 KB (5,743 words) - 18:11, 13 August 2024
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    American Archaeology and Ethnology. OCLC 313707016. Nuttall, Zelia (1891). The atlatl or spear-thrower of the ancient Mexicans. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody...
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  • most common projectile weapons used was the atlatl, or spear-thrower. Unlike other projectile weapons, the atlatl could throw projectiles with greater force...
    33 KB (4,451 words) - 22:07, 17 June 2024
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    appears to have been more of a luxury, although these people used nets and the atlatl to hunt water fowl, ducks, small animals and antelope. Artifacts include...
    43 KB (5,546 words) - 00:24, 19 September 2024
  • the Allegheny Mountains. The early archaic people used tools, such as the atlatl. Cultural anthropologists use the spread of cultural items to examine...
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