- A spear-thrower, spear-throwing lever, or
atlatl (pronounced /ˈætlætəl/ or /ˈɑːtlɑːtəl/;
Nahuatl ahtlatl [ˈaʔt͡ɬat͡ɬ]) is a tool that uses
leverage to...
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Atlatl Cave is an
important archaeological site that
contains organic evidence of
occupation by
Archaic North Americans c. 900 BCE. It is
located at the...
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represent his name. One
version of the ruler's name
glyph shows a
weapon (an
atlatl or
other type)
combined with an owl sign. At Tikal, the name
appears written...
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protection from
obsidian macua****tl, and
projectile protection from
arrows and
atlatl darts. Ichca****pilli were made of
successive layers of
packed cotton and...
- woomera, and
atlatl extended that
range even
further by
giving the
hunter leverage to
throw the
spear faster and ****her. The
atlatl allowed a skilled...
- is an
Australian Aboriginal wooden spear-throwing device.
Similar to an
atlatl, it
serves as an
extension of the
human arm,
enabling a
spear to travel...
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further reach,
allowing them to stab an
enemy from the top of a horse.
Atlatl, or spear-throwers, are long-range
weapons that were used by
Native Americans...
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Magdalenian period (c. 15,000–9500 BC), spear-throwers
similar to the
later atlatl were in use. The
spear is the main
weapon of the
warriors of Homer's Iliad...
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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...
- of
modern humans Upper Paleolithic Later Stone Age
Behavioral modernity,
Atlatl,
Origin of the
domestic dog
Epipalaeolithic Natufian Mesolithic Microliths...
