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Spearthrower may
refer to: Spear-thrower or atlatl, a tool that uses
leverage to
achieve greater velocity in dart-throwing, and
includes a
bearing surface...
- "
Spearthrower Owl" (possibly Jatz'om Kuy,
translating to "Striker Owl") was a
Mesoamerican person from the
Early classic period, who is
identified in Maya...
- New York Cundy, B. J. (1989).
Formal variation in
Australian spear and
spearthrower technology (Vol. 546).
British Archaeological Reports Ltd.
Chicago World...
- it is most
accurately used at
distances of
twenty meters or less. The
spearthrower is
believed to have been in use by Homo
sapiens since the
Upper Paleolithic...
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believed by some to have been the
general of the
Teotihuacano ruler Spearthrower Owl.
Originally from
Teotihuacan or very
closely allied with that city...
- 31 at
Tikal and
other monuments in the Maya region. At this time, the
Spearthrower Owl
ruler was also ****ociated with
Teotihuacan culture.
Linda R. Manzanilla...
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Stamp of the
Staff God from the Gate of the Sun in Tiwanaku, Bolivia. The
figure holds a
spearthrower with an
avian hook in its
right hand....
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spearthrower combined with an owl, a
glyph that is well
known from the
great metropolis of
Teotihuacan in the
distant Valley of Mexico.
Spearthrower Owl...
- by the
Mayan title ajaw,
meaning lord. Yax Nuun
Ayiin I was a son of
Spearthrower Owl, a lord of
Teotihuacan (probably that city's king) in
central Mexico...
- the
fortified cities, and
plunder the
unprotected countryside. May 4 –
Spearthrower Owl
ascends to the
throne and
becomes ruler of
Teotihuacan (Mexico)....
