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 ...

Stone arrowheads, produced through a process known as knapping, are a major focus of events like the Bald Eagle Knap-In Primitive Arts Festival held annually by the Susquehanna Valley Flint Knappers ...

A hunter stepped back in time when he decided to take on the challenge of harvesting an alligator with a stone age weapon known as an atlatl. "I've been kind of interested my entire life," said Ryan ...

Scott Jones is one of the nation's top experts on primitive technology - the tools used by humans and human ancestors tens of thousands, even millions of years ago. He's intensely interested in things ...

WHEN RYAN GILL was 13, his father gave him a stave—or long stick—from a black locust tree, along with a single wood rasp. By the time his dad got home from work that evening, Gill was standing over a ...

Throwing the primitive dart from his self-carved atlatl, Jerry Nevins gains great satisfaction from using the tools he has made. Since growing up in the remote Mid-Missouri woods, Nevins has been fond ...

— With a history of roughly four million years, the primitive arts, such as flintknapping, have experienced a resurgence of popularity in recent years. The “Arts in Bloom” tour will bring ...

Learn the basics of spear throwing with an atlatl, as well as primitive archery, at Poverty Point World Heritage Site on Saturday. A ranger will discuss tips and techniques for using these ancient ...

AUSTIN — Squinting into the late afternoon sun, I saw my target, frozen in place and watching my every move. I gently reached back and then flicked my arm forward, snapping my wrist like a ...

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 ...