You'll find out about the atlatl, a weapon used by ancient people across the globe, including those who lived in the Southwest more than 27,000 years ago. It predates the bow and arrow.

Tests of a prehistoric dart-throwing weapon have shown it is even more effective than previously thought. The atlatl weapon can ... can shed light on whether ancient hunter-gatherers in the ...

The weapons were discovered in various states of disrepair. The cache includes part of an atlatl (an ancient spear-throwing device) as well as broken pieces of four darts that fit at the end of ...

What could potentially be the oldest intact full weapon system in North ... dart nock ends that fit against an ancient spear-throwing device known as an atlatl; a straight flying boomerang ...

The ancient weapons include notched ends for the darts of a spear thrower, or atlatl; the foreshafts of darts that had stone tips; and the foreshafts of darts that were probably poisoned.

Experts believe the cave was a type of depository used to repair ancient weapons. A collection of 6,500 ... a partial spear-thrower known as an atlatl, dart pieces meant to connect to an atlatl ...

“Deep inside a remote cave in Big Bend, archeologists have uncovered a pristine hunting kit — potentially the oldest intact weapon ... an ancient spear-throwing device called an atlatl ...

However, the atlatl was something that could strike fear into any person’s heart. These simple weapons saw extensive use in the ancient world and were capable of flinging a spear at nearly 100 ...

Photo courtesy of Center for Big Bend Studies An ancient ... weapon until around 2,000 years ago when societies were becoming more settled, larger and complex, the bow finally supplanted the ...

Bebber co-authored an article “Atlatl use equalizes female and male projectile weapon velocity” which was published in the journal Nature: Scientific Reports. Her co-authors include Metin I.

Some of the tools contained in the hunting kit include four dart nock ends that fit against an ancient spear ... the pieces of the atlatl were found. Devin Pettigrew, a weapons expert and CBBS ...