Spear-thrower (redirect from Atlatl)
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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Spearthrower Owl (redirect from Atlatl Cauac)
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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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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woomera, and atlatl extended that range even further by giving the hunter leverage to throw the spear faster and farther. The atlatl allowed a skilled...
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protection from obsidian macuahuitl, and projectile protection from arrows and atlatl darts. Ichcahuipilli were made of successive layers of packed cotton and...
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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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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...
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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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have suggested that they are atlatl weights or ceremonial pieces. In situ evidence of bannerstones found in line with atlatl handles and hooks in graves...
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Spearchucker Jones, a character from the M*A*S*H film and television series Atlatl, the spear chucker This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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condition. Clarence did not have a fishing pole or atlatl. Steven Lee Hall Jr. did have an atlatl which he used in an attempt to hunt wild boars, however...
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the pyramid. Each warrior figure is of basalt, four meters high, with an atlatl or spear thrower, incense, a butterfly shaped chest plate and a back plate...
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of modern humans Upper Paleolithic Later Stone Age Behavioral modernity, Atlatl, Origin of the domestic dog Epipalaeolithic Natufian Mesolithic Microliths...
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of modern humans Upper Paleolithic Later Stone Age Behavioral modernity, Atlatl, Origin of the domestic dog Epipalaeolithic Natufian Mesolithic Microliths...
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of modern humans Upper Paleolithic Later Stone Age Behavioral modernity, Atlatl, Origin of the domestic dog Epipalaeolithic Natufian Mesolithic Microliths...
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of modern humans Upper Paleolithic Later Stone Age Behavioral modernity, Atlatl, Origin of the domestic dog Epipalaeolithic Natufian Mesolithic Microliths...
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of modern humans Upper Paleolithic Later Stone Age Behavioral modernity, Atlatl, Origin of the domestic dog Epipalaeolithic Natufian Mesolithic Microliths...
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of modern humans Upper Paleolithic Later Stone Age Behavioral modernity, Atlatl, Origin of the domestic dog Epipalaeolithic Natufian Mesolithic Microliths...
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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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native chronicles suggest that women occasionally fought in battle. The atlatl (spear-thrower) was introduced to the Maya region by Teotihuacan in the...
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of modern humans Upper Paleolithic Later Stone Age Behavioral modernity, Atlatl, Origin of the domestic dog Epipalaeolithic Natufian Mesolithic Microliths...
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Nahuatl origin, including avocado, chayote, chili, chipotle, chocolate, atlatl, coyote, peyote, axolotl and tomato. These words have since been adopted...
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form of Xiuhtecuhtli, the Aztec fire deity sometimes represented as an atlatl or a weapon wielded by Huitzilopochtli. Xiuhcoatl is a Classical Nahuatl...
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Swinford, Dean (2013). Death Metal Epic (Book I: The Inverted Katabasis). Atlatl Press. ISBN 978-0-9883484-3-1. Media related to Death metal at Wikimedia...
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spear, hunting weapons developed during the Upper Paleolithic include the atlatl (a spear-thrower; before 30,000 years ago) and the bow (18,000 years ago)...
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2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013. Swinford, Dean (2013). Death Metal Epic (Book I: The Inverted Katabasis). Dayton: Atlatl Press. ISBN 978-0-9883484-3-1....
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shelter construction. Some Woodland people continued to use spears and atlatls until the end of the period when they were replaced by bows and arrows...
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of modern humans Upper Paleolithic Later Stone Age Behavioral modernity, Atlatl, Origin of the domestic dog Epipalaeolithic Natufian Mesolithic Microliths...
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held in the shield hand, while the primary hand handled the atlatl. Upon contact, the atlatl was discontinued and probably dropped. The quauholōll was used...
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