The atlatl is not just a fun word to say, it's a tool that predates the bow and arrow. Pronounced aht-laht-l, the atlatl is an ancient tool to throw spear-like darts believed to have been around for ...

It was just four years ago that I found my first Native American artifact (a sugar quartz point), and the excitement that came from that singular event has led to almost an addiction for me. Two ...

* Darts must be made of a flexible wood so that it springs from the atlatl, flexes in flight, and then drives into the target. If the wood doesn�t flex, the dart immediately tumbles to the ground.

Despite a lack of archaeological evidence, the first North Americans have often been depicted hunting with spear-throwers, which are tools that can launch deadly spear points at high speeds. But now, ...

The ancient saber-toothed tiger is bent over, guarding a carcass of a horned bull. About 20 yards away, Bob Sizemore surveys his target. Sizemore lifts a curved piece of wood half the length of his ...

St. Charles, Mo. – Missouri is a great place to hunt deer. In fact, it's a place that makes it possible to harvest a trophy 15-point buck only four months after taking up one of hunting's most ...

Brent Davis stood like an Ice Age hunter with his arm cocked and holding a flat, notched stick above his shoulder. The schoolteacher from Gypsum, Colo., paused for a moment before he took aim at a ...

The retreat of snowfields and glaciers across North America has revealed stunning ancient artifacts, such as an 11,500-year-old atlatl dart recovered in the Beartooth Mountains in 2007. In the ...

From her spot inside her family's 106-year-old barn, Dawn Wagner watched a young spike buck approach an apple tree 13 yards away. Heart racing, she took careful aim and did what ancient hunters did 20 ...

A Missouri deer hunter harvested a trophy 15-point buck only four months after taking up one of hunting's most challenging methods. He used an atlatl. When Paul Gragg of Defiance, Mo., set out to bag ...

Karl Hutchings, an archaeologist at Thompson Rivers University in Canada, holds a Clovis spear point. Despite a lack of archaeological evidence, the first North Americans have often been depicted ...