Most visitors to the Archaeology Fair on Saturday will never need to use their newly-found skills of throwing with an atlatl or describing a moose in sign language. But if event director Gwendolyn ...

To use an atlatl — the name is derived from an Aztec word for “throwing board” — hunters hook arrowlike hunting darts into the end of the weapon, which is generally a wooden piece about 2 feet long.

Atlatl workshop Sept. 21 from noon to 5 p.m. Atlatl experts Bob and Cheryll Berg of Thunderbird Atlatl teach traditional and modern techniques of atlatl and dart construction, flint knapping, hafting ...

Celine Thouin learned a lot as a student at Franklin Pierce University, and one of the skills she has held onto the longest is how to use an ancient spear-throwing tool. She got to share that skill ...

This week on Discover Nature, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will host a free atlatl workshop on June 3, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. in Columbia at the Boone County Nature School. An atlatl is ...

Jack Urdiales, a UW graduate student studying anthropology, demonstrates how to throw the atlatl at the 2024 Archaeology Fair. This year’s fair is scheduled 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at the ...