ATLATL

ätˈlätəl [Nahuatl], device used to throw a spear with greater propulsion. Atlatls began to be used in the Americas in the post-Pleistocene period and were eventually replaced by the bow and arrow.

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books on: Atlatl  - 139 results

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Archeological Explorations in Northeastern Arizona
Book by Alfred Vincent Kidder, Samuel J. Guernsey; U. S. Government Printing Office, 1919
Subjects: Arizona--Antiquities, Cliff-Dwellings--Arizona
...Spear thrower, or atlatl 178...The spear thrower, or atlatl 207...89. Details of atlatl dart 182...
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Bones, Boats & Bison: Archeology and the First Colonization of Western North America
Book by E. James Dixon; University of New Mexico Press, 1999
Subjects: Indians Of North America--Antiquities, Indians--Origin, North America--Antiquities, Paleo-Indians--North America, Paleo-Indians--West (U.S.), West (U.S.)--Antiquities
...Springs Woman 153 Figure 6.1 Use of the Atlatl 154 Figure 6.2 Arming of Atlatl Darts 154 Figure 6.3 Shaft Wrench...252 Figure 10.2 Open Water Hunting with Atlatl and Harpoon 253 Figure 10.3 Comparison...
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Prehistoric Rock Art of Nevada and Eastern California
Book by Robert F. Heizer, Martin A. Baumhoff; University of California Press, 1962
Subjects: California--Antiquities, Indians Of North America--California--Antiquities, Indians Of North America--Nevada--Antiquities, Nevada--Antiquities, Picture-Writing, Indian
...45. a-b, Cl-1, Valley of Fire, Atlatl Rock site 108 46. a-b, Cl-1, Valley of Fire, Atlatl Rock site 109 47. a-c, Cl-1, Valley of Fire, Atlatl Rock site 110 ...
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Mesoamerica's Classic Heritage: From Teotihuacan to the Aztecs
Book by David Carrasco, Lindsay Jones, Scott Sessions; University Press of Colorado, 2000
Subjects: Indians Of Mexico--Antiquities, Mexico--Antiquities
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Archaeology of the Mid-Holocene Southeast
Book by Kenneth E. Sassaman, David G. Anderson; University Press of Florida, 1996
Subjects: Indians Of North America--Southern States--Antiquities, Southern States--Antiquities
...text 49 4-1. Examples of atlatls fitted with weights and long antler hooks and of evolved...the central Tennessee- Tombigbee valleys 229 12-4. Atlatl weights from the Tomoka Mounds, Volusia County, Florida...
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journal articles on: Atlatl  - 14 results

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1.
Native Networks
Journal article by Jolene Rickard; Afterimage, Vol. 26, 1999
Subjects: Art societies--Management, Native American art--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., Native American artists--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc.
...The way it played out at the biennial Atlatl conference, "The Artist as Visionary," held in San Francisco was intriguing. Atlatl, named for a wooden tool used to hurl...with emphasis on the southwest region. Atlatls director Carla Roberts (Delaware) has...
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Hybridity as a Strategy for Self-Determination in Contemporary American Indian Art
Journal article by Cynthia Fowler; Social Justice, Vol. 34, 2007
Subjects: Autonomy (Political science)--Social aspects, Autonomy--Social aspects, Cultural identity--Management, Native American art--Analysis
...contemporary American Indian art. In its mission statement, Atlatl, a national organization established in 1977 to support...through self-determination in cultural expression" (www.atlatl.org). Atlatls objective reflects the artistic goals of many contemporary...
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Contemporary Native Art: a Bibliography
Journal article by Lawrence Abbott; American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 18, 1994
Subjects: Indians Of Central America--Periodicals
...Submuloc Show/Columbus Wohs . Phoenix, AZ: Atlatl, 1992 . Talking Drum: Connected Vision...American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1968 . Atlatl "Native Arts Network: A Special Report...Symposium," Rayna Green, ed. Phoenix: AZ: Atlatl, 1990 . Conference Summary Report...
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Musing into Winter
Journal article by Laurel Reuter; Art Journal, Vol. 53, 1994
Subjects: Art, Native Americans, North Dakota Museum of Art-Grand Forks, Personal profiles, Prejudice, Reuter, Laurel
...in a panel at the national meeting of ATLATL, a national service organization for Native...this?" She responded, "Yes, this is what ATLATL asked me to organize. Just respond honestly...auditorium; not one person spoke to me. The ATLATL president waylaid me in the rest room...
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Corruption and Mexican Political Culture
Journal article by Stephen D. Morris; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 45, 2003
Subjects: Mexico--Political aspects, Political corruption--History, Political culture--Research
...programs in these areas of government; Projecto Atlatl 2002, 8). (22.) "The scarcity of an ethical...Transparencia y el Combate a la Corrupcion. Projecto Atlatl. 2001. "Convocatoria de propuestas." Atlatl 1 (January): 8. Available from www.respondanet...
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magazine articles on: Atlatl  - 5 results

 
 
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People & Companies in the News
Magazine article; Dance Magazine, Vol. 74, September 2000
...preserving dance. The White Oak Project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received $115,000; The Kitchen, New York, received $135,000, and Atlatl, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, received $150,000. Additionally, NIPAD-UCLA National Dance/Media Fellowship Program members Valida...
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Bones, Etc
Magazine article by Robert Anderson; Natural History, Vol. 106, October 1997
Subjects: Anthropology, Web sites
...in China (www.cruzio.com/cscp/index.htm). At the University of Minnesota, Kevin Callahan (shown demonstrating the use of an atlatl, or spear-thrower) has created a large anthropology page to accompany a course on human origins (www.geocities .com/Athens/Acropolis...
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Half-Skinned Steer
Magazine article by E. Annie Proulx; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 280, November 1997
...unfinished drawing himself, pointing at an archery target, ramming his pencil into the air as though tapping gnats. Thats an atlatl, and thats a dragonfly. There we go. You know what this is, and he touched a cloven oval, rubbing the cleft with his dusty fingers...
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Ancestry of the Land before Time: More Than Crude Oil Is Being Uncovered in Northern Alberta's Vast Boreal Forests, Where People Have Lived for Eleven Millennia
Magazine article by Graham Chandler; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 59, September 2007
Subjects: Alberta--Environmental aspects, Environmental protection, Oil and gas exploration--Environmental aspects, Oil sands--Environmental aspects, Petroleum exploration--Environmental aspects
...their bases appeared at Creeburn Lake starting around 7,750 years ago, heralding the arrival in the area of a new weapon. The atlatl was a throwing stick or board with a notch at one end, used to propel a dart--much like a lacrosse stick does for a ball. It...
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The World without Us
Magazine article by Kenneth W. Krause; The Humanist, Vol. 67, September 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The World Without Us (Book)--Book reviews
...who, by 13,000 years ago, had ably hunted with fluted stone points fastened to wooden shafts and portable spear levers called atlatl. Even so, intelligence and technology served the new Americans for only so long. After their game disappeared, so did the Clovis...


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newspaper articles on: Atlatl  - 28 results

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Briefly
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), February 4, 2005
...the invention of the bow and arrow, Ice Age hunters used an atlatl, a weapon so forceful hunters could take on a critter as large...invites the modern-day mammoth slayer to learn how to make an atlatl - a hooked dart-thrower - at a workshop on Saturday at the Dorris...
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Getting in Touch with Your Inner Caveman
Newspaper article by Hafsa Naz Mahmood; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 8, 2004
...to explain. The spear, a six-foot dart, is held parallel to the atlatl, a two-foot throwing stick, by the thumb and forefinger to stabilize the spear as it is thrown. The atlatl serves as an extension to the arm and adds leverage to increase throwing...
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Strip Tease: The Insiders Guide to Las Vegas
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 30, 2007
...scientist for the USDA. "The Jurassic-era sandstone formations are not to be believed. Petroglyphs of ancient cultures, such as Atlatl Rock with its huge etched faces, add to the spectacle. The petroglyphs, many left by the Anasazi, are tucked away everywhere...
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Strip Tease: The Insiders Guide to Las Vegas
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 1, 2007
...scientist for the USDA. "The Jurassic-era sandstone formations are not to be believed. Petroglyphs of ancient cultures, such as Atlatl Rock with its huge etched faces, add to the spectacle. The petroglyphs, many left by the Anasazi, are tucked away everywhere...
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Strip Tease: The Insiders Guide to Las Vegas
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 29, 2007
...scientist for the USDA. "The Jurassic-era sandstone formations are not to be believed. Petroglyphs of ancient cultures, such as Atlatl Rock with its huge etched faces, add to the spectacle. The petroglyphs, many left by the Anasazi, are tucked away everywhere...
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encyclopedia articles on: Atlatl  - 5 results

 
 
1.
Atlatl
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ATLATL at lat l Nahuatl, device used to throw a spear with greater propulsion. Atlatls began to be used in the Americas in the post-Pleistocene period and were eventually replaced by the bow and arrow...
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Spear
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ultimately of steel; the spear has been in use since prehistoric times, originally as a missile weapon. Spear-throwers, such as the atlatl of the ancient Americas, are hooked sticks that are held in the hand in such a way as to increase the range and force with...
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Basket Makers
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the area as early as 1500 b.c. They seem to have been at first nomadic hunters, using wooden clubs, hunting sticks, and the atlatl . They lived chiefly in houses with adobe floors and learned to grow corn and squash, probably from southern neighbors in Mexico...
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Natives, North American
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...main language group of the area. Here a seminomadic people called the Basket Makers , who hunted with a spear thrower, or atlatl , acquired (c.1000 b.c.) the art of cultivating beans and squash, probably from their southern neighbors. They also learned...
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Paleolithic Period
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...microliths to implements of great length and fineness, indicate an advanced technique. Weapons were highly refined and varied, the atlatl first came into use, and along the southern edge of the ice sheet boats and harpoons were developed. However, the crowning...


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