Atlatl Spear Throwers
Levered spear throwers that increased range, force, and accuracy for hunting and warfare.
Core metadata
- ID: atlatl_spear_throwers
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -10000 (millennium)
- Region: Upper Palaeolithic Europe and later global spear-thrower traditions
- Review status: structurally_validated
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Experimental Evidence of Spear-thrower Usage in the Late Upper Palaeolithic (Upper Magdalenian) from the Isturitz Cave Site (Arheologia / HAL open archive, 2022, primary_paper) • Supports: node
Locator: The paper discusses experimental identification of spear-thrower use in late Upper Palaeolithic contexts and the broader problem of dating spear-thrower appearance. - Throwing Stick to Spear Thrower - Study of Ethnographic Artefacts (EXARC, 2020, review) • Supports: node
Locator: EXARC summarizes the oldest European spear-thrower example as Solutrean, approximately 19,000-17,000 BP, from Combe-Sauniere.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 2
- Average edge confidence: 75%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- expert_inference: 2
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Tool Making (stone_tool_making) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Stone Tool Making is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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| Basic Hunting & Gathering (hunting_gathering_basic) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Basic Hunting & Gathering is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. | No sources recorded. |
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