atlatl
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of atlatl
First recorded in 1870–75, atlatl is from the Nahuatl word ahtlatl
Example Sentences
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In another study published last month, researchers tested how males and females used an atlatl, a common prehistoric hunting weapon.
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2023
Fourteen years ago, in the mountain ice outside Yellowstone National Park, he spotted the foreshaft of a throwing spear called an atlatl dart, carved from a birch sapling 10,300 years ago.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2021
One time, to better understand if paleo-Indian hunters could kill a mammoth with an atlatl, he conducted an unusual experiment.
From Washington Times • May 30, 2015
The blunt edge was likely glued into a groove along an arrow shaft or into a projectile for an atlatl, a device for hurling a spear or dart.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 7, 2012
In this work I presented my reasons for concluding that these recurved sceptres were ceremonial forms of the atlatl.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
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