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 ...

Recently, archaeologists uncovered a 6,000-year-old cache of ancient weapons, including darts, spears, and a boomerang, at San Esteban Rockshelter near Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas.

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.

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The atlatl, an ancient spear-throwing tool first used thousands of years ago, enables both women and men to launch projectiles with very similar velocities. The discovery, which comes from modern ...

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 ...