spearthrowers
Primitive projectile extenders
Spearthrowers are devices that extend the arm's leverage to hurl spears with greater force and distance than unaided throwing.
The atlatl is the most familiar type—a handheld shaft with a hook or spur at one end that engages the spear's base.
Used by prehistoric hunters worldwide, spearthrowers preceded the bow and arrow as a primary hunting technology.
Handheld pointed projectile
- projectileLaunched airborne object
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- huntingPursuing wild game
shaft · fletching · spur · hook · grip · launch · propulsion · trajectory
Struggle for supremacy
- targetObject of pursuit
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- techniqueSkilled way of performing
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
tournament · recreation · hobbyist · primitive · skills · event · distance · scoring
Act of unearthing
- PaleolithicEarliest archaeological era
- MesolithicMiddle stone era
- ClovisFirst Merovingian ruler
- artifactHuman-made historical object
prehistoric · cave · bone · antler · ivory · mammoth · site · stratigraphy
Australia's native peoples
- AztecAncient Mexican civilization
- IndigenousOriginal inhabitants of land
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- ancestralOf one's forebears
tradition · artifact · craftsmanship · decoration · ritual · heritage · Mesoamerican · Australian
dart
Handheld pointed projectile
- projectileLaunched airborne object
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- velocityDirected rate of motion
hunting · shaft · fletching · spur · hook · grip · launch · propulsion · trajectory · range
competition
Struggle for supremacy
practice · tournament · recreation · hobbyist · primitive · skills · event · distance · scoring · modern
excavation
Act of unearthing
- PaleolithicEarliest archaeological era
- MesolithicMiddle stone era
- ClovisFirst Merovingian ruler
artifact · prehistoric · cave · bone · antler · ivory · mammoth · site · stratigraphy · dating
Aboriginal
Australia's native peoples
- AztecAncient Mexican civilization
- IndigenousOriginal inhabitants of land
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
ancestral · tradition · artifact · craftsmanship · decoration · ritual · heritage · Mesoamerican · Australian · tribal
- Indigenous AustraliaAboriginal art, Dreamtime, dreaming, corroboree, didgeridoo
- Paleolithichand axe, handaxe, stone tools, flint, Neanderthal