Kids at History Mystery day camp in Nocona learned hands-on about farming, Native American survival tools, pottery, and ancient hunting tools like the atlatl.

Step into the stories of the past and explore the beauty of the present at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center near Williston throughout June. Weekly events offer engaging, ...

The Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center near Williston is offering engaging, family-friendly ways this summer to experience the confluence of cultures, rivers and time. Registration is ...

Archaeology Roadshow comes to Bend on Saturday, featuring exhibits, activities, and a panel of experts in archaeology and ...

Hopefully, in our guide to sports-related camps in Ireland this summer below, you and yours will find something that catches ...

a partial spear-thrower known as an atlatl, dart pieces meant to connect to an atlatl, and a tanned and folded antelope hide. “If it really is a contemporaneous kit, it’s a pretty monumental ...

four hardwood foreshafts and partial atlatl or spear-thrower, according to TPWD. In addition to the hunting kit, archeologists found human feces and a folded pronghorn hide.

The ancient weapons include notched ends for the darts of a spear thrower, or atlatl; the foreshafts of darts that had stone tips; and the foreshafts of darts that were probably poisoned.

The oldest item found so far, a spear-thrower called an atlatl, was dated to almost 7,000 years old—in a 2023 paper, the researchers suggested it was the oldest one found on the continent.

A boomerang, stone dart components and a spear-throwing device called an atlatl used by ancient humans almost everywhere in the world were found at the West Texas site, along with a folded ...

"A person came to the back of the cave and went through their hunting gear piece by piece: 'This is good. This is not good. I need to remake this leather pouch a little bit.' And then went on ...

ATHENS, Ohio — The Southeast Ohio History Center Lyceum Speaker Series will present “The Atlatl: The World ... the story of how the prehistoric spear-throwing tool provided early hunters ...