Archaeologists have long pictured prehistoric hunters taking down mammoths and other megafauna using the atlatl, a handheld ...

New research is forcing archaeologists to confront an inconvenient truth about atlatls, a weapon that's been linked to Clovis ...

For decades, archaeologists have assumed that members of the Palaeoindian Clovis culture used a weapon called an atlatl to ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — An ancient weapon that was apparently used as early as prehistoric times to slay woolly mammoths may soon be added to the arsenals of Pennsylvania hunters. The state Game Commission ...

According to the researchers, they re-discovered the technology independently in the Americas. It might not seem like the ...

In what would become Wyoming, the use of atlatls began 13,000 years ago and continued up until about 1,500 years ago, when it was replaced by the bow and arrow. Wyoming is a particularly rich source ...

A recent experimental study led by Kent State University and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History suggests that hunting from elevated positions significantly increases the performance of thrown ...

The retreat of snowfields and glaciers across North America has revealed stunning ancient artifacts, such as an 11,500-year-old atlatl dart recovered in the Beartooth Mountains in 2007. In the ...

ADDISON, Vt. — 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 ...

Victoria College hosted its fifth annual on Thursday Atlatl Turkey Shoot, giving students and the public the chance to learn how to throw with Atlatls. There are two components to the atlatl shoot, a ...