Atlatl

Does an atlatl lengthen how far a dart goes compared to hand throwing the dart? Purpose The purpose of the experiment was to find out if the atlatl truly does increase the distance that a dart can travel, compared to just using an arm, on average. If it does increase the distance, than this knowledge could be used to understand how using the atlatl affected the way paleolithic Europeans survived, as there would have likely been less accidents killing prey, as they could be farther away, but more deaths between themselves if they fought against one another. I would like to know on average, how much the atlatl increases the distance by having volunteers throw the atlatl multiple times, and then calculate the averages between both each individual person and between all the people together. It would also be interesting to find how each individual part of the atlatl changes the different aspects of the effectiveness of the atlatl though this could only be discovered once completing the main experiment. Pure curiosity also plays a factor as a purpose for this experiment. I am truly interested whether or not the atlatl can increase the distance that a dart can go compared to throwing it with just an arm and if so by how much. I would also like to further develop this experiment at a later time by comparing things such as how the…

remainder of the string and pull it up through the middle of the binds. Place it in the area where the animals are located. For example, the rabbit has burrow underground. Tie the snare to the tree above the burrow. When the animal comes out of the hole, it has no other way but to go through the string. And when it goes through the string, it will tighten, and as the rabbit struggles it tightens more. Well they had to hand make their weapons, they couldn't just go to a store and buy a weapon…

I knew that if I didn't go on the trip something would go wrong. After training for weeks on how to throw an atlatl, what angle to throw it, and where to hit the animal. I also learned where to hit certain animals, and how hard to throw it, I also learned how to shoot a bow and arrow. Yesterday, had been my last day to practice and I knew I was ready, I packed food, water, my bow, my atlatl, and my will to succeed. When I was little, I had always dreamed of going on one of these trips, going out…

The atlatl has been shown multiple times not to catapult the spears, but to throw them as you would without the atlatl; making it more or less just an extension of the spear throwers arm. Archeologists have gone through many ways that the atlatl functions, in Raymond’s paper “Experiments in the Function and Performance of the Weighted Atlatl” further explores the function of the atlatl. By going frame by frame from a film that replicated the use of the atlatl Raymond analyzed how the dart thrown…

stone (“Clovis Boy Confirms”). The clovis point is a fluted point, the flutes originate a base and go up halfway to the tip (Smallwood and Jennings 1). The Clovis point served to make weapons used to hunt animals such as mammoths and mastodons. Until The Indians made the atlatl they did not do so well hunting with regular spears until they made the atlatl. The atlatl allowed the Indians to throw a spear faster than ever before (South 6).The atlatl was an antler, horn, or carved wood…

The atlatl was made to throw a spear farther and more accurate. This helped the Aztecs tremendously because they were able to throw a spear farther at their enemy without getting too close to them. This weapon was also useful because if they saw the enemy and they were running away you would hook up the spear to the atlatl and then throw it at the person running away. If you were experienced like the Aztec warrior then you would likely hit your target because of all of the practice they did…

were some that were woven out of yucca and other plant fibers. Most arrowheads were made of flint or other types of hard stone. However, some arrows that were used to hunt small game, didn’t have arrow heads and were simply sharpened sticks of wood. For a more accurate shot, Natives fletched the arrows with feathers. Similar to the bow and arrow, spears date back to ancient times and were also used for battles and to hunt animals such as fish (Native American Weapons and Tools, 2016). The body…

Homo Sapien then develop language, which is different in each environment. From that moment, language is then become one part of human culture which is distinguishable between one another. Today, modern homo sapiens have thousands of language and culture that are spread around the globe. For instance, in Indonesia itself, they have 500 languages and dialect, and various culture being practiced there. Another human adaptive strategy that plays a huge role is intelligence. With intelligence, Homo…

important weapon of war in most armies until the late 17th Century A.D. Although an early weapon in human history, slings would be used for quite some time and materials would also change. According to Ioannis Georganas in The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age, “The sling, was also in use in Bronze Age warfare. Originally used for hunting, by the 15th century BC the sling had acquired a military role. Sling bullets were initially rounded stones, pebbles, and baked clay pieces, while toward the…

Paleo: Post-Glacial Native Americans: Archaeologists believe that about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago the first paleo, people began to arrive in the Great Lakes basin from Asia. The word Paleo derives from the Greek word “palaios,” which means ancient. It is hypothesized that these “Paleo” Native Americans were hunting big game that traveled in herds, like caribou, bison, and mammoths. When they crossed the Bering Land Bridge, they dispersed throughout the North American continent. It is…