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About one month after the comet's passage, the Maya record shows the royal ascension of Teotihuacan ruler Spearthrower Owl (Atlatl-Cauac), whose hieroglyph and iconic representations clearly depict an owl holding an
atlatl, a spear-throwing tool with stars, or "celestial darts," attached.
The focus on sagaies in the Magdalenian represented cyclical change, albeit with new forms and certainly the use of a new propulsion instrument, the spear-thrower or
atlatl, invented in the French Solutrean, but increasingly popular in the early Magdalenian, as demonstrated in Spain by finds at El Miron, El Castillo and Las Caldas (De las Heras et al., 2003; Gonzalez Morales and Straus, 2009; Corchon, 2017: 264).
Give me a handgun with a terrible trigger and I might as well be armed with an
atlatl.
Specifically, she introduced them to an ancient hunting tool called an
atlatl (which was used to hurl darts), showing how it can serve as inspiration for a project that blends engineering and design: Students can study other inventions to send objects sailing through the air (e.g., cannons, slingshots, and tennis rackets; Leidtke demonstrated with a lacrosse stick and a Chuckit, which launches balls for dogs to retrieve) and then design, test, and create a ball-throwing device of their own.
Although my own interest in Hill Country hunting traditions never translated into learning to use an
atlatl or knapping points, for years I kept trying to think of a way to integrate the region's prehistory and history into a hunt.
When I find an arrowhead,
atlatl point, or spear point, I am instantly curious about the person who held it before me.
"A dart would be used with an
atlatl, it's usually a thinner and more flexible rod, while a spear shaft would be designed to be thrown by itself," she said.
This scene typically depicts one or two major figures standing on daises holding spears and an
atlatl with smaller figures following or surrounding them.