Who Invented the Atlatl
The Atlatl or Spearthrower Is a Hunting Technology Which Was Invented at Least 17,000 Year's Ago by Upper Paleolithic Humans in Europe. When and Where Was the...
The atlatl or spearthrower is a hunting technology which was invented at least 17,000 years ago by Upper Paleolithic humans in Europe.
When and where was the atlatl invented?
The earliest secure data concerning atlatls have come from several caves in France dating to the Upper Paleolithic, about 21,000 to 17,000 years ago. The earliest known example is a 17,500-year-old Solutrean atlatl made of reindeer antler, found at Combe Saunière (Dordogne), France.
When was the atlatl first used in North America?
People began using atlatls in Europe during the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age, around 17,000 BC. They probably came to North America with the people who crossed the Bering Land Bridge about 15,000 BC, or when people came in boats maybe.
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