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• What is an atlatl and how does it work? |

  By Devin Pettigrew and Justin Garnett, updated: 4/20/2020 Atlatl (ahtlatl: Schwaller 2019) comes from Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs. This term was adopted by scholars studying Aztec history in t...

• Basketmakeratlatl.com instructional videos |

  Using chamois (fish oil tanned goat hide) for the leather, and thin Knox Gelatine for the hide glue.  Chamois can be purchased at automotive stores, and gut can be obtained from butcher shops.  Wash t...

• Making a Simple Cross-peg Atlatl |

  Devin Pettigrew 7/28/2013 Cross-peg atlatls are a traditional style of atlatl that we know was used in Arkansas, the Trans-Pecos and northeastern Mexico, and by Mesoamerican cultures in central Mexico...

• Flexible Atlatls Caught in Slow Motion (with video) |

  January 2014 In an article that came out last April (now available on Basketmakeratlatl.com) I suggested that the true purpose of atlatl flexibility likely has much more to do with form than function....

• Atlatl Flex Follows Form in Reproduced Basketmaker Systems |

  April 2013 An open question in atlatl function is the purpose of flexibility of the atlatl shaft. Cushing is the likely progenitor of a particular notion in early atlatl research (1895:342), which was...

• History of the Atlatl and Advances in Weapon Technology |

  By Devin Pettigrew, 4/24/2020 As described in What is an atlatl and how does it work?, the atlatl is a lever that provides more control and a little more velocity on the projectile. Atlatl darts don’t...