The WAA encourages members to find existing web sites
and/or post web pages with photos of their atlatl activities. If you
know of other links that belong on this web page, please email the
link with a brief description of the site to the WAA web master:
John Whittaker .
Colorado College Atlatl Club at: http://www.coloradocollege.edu/dept/AN/Atlatl.htm
Kris Hirst's Guide to Archaeology at About.com has an atlatl article and all sorts of archaeology news and information. http://archaeology.com/od/atlatls/a/ragingcow.htm
PaleoPlanet is a photo/discussion forum, sort of a cyber camp for prehistoric skills enthusiasts with a number of discussion forums that involve all manner of subjects, including hosting the World Atlatl Association forum. Contact Tom Mills for more information.
Dennis Lantz is the webmaster for the Atlatls 'N More website. This is an online magazine for the atlatl community, Atlatls 'N More and Atlatl Digest will be dynamic and updated regularly with pictures, articles, and more.
Chris Oberg has created a web site for the Michigan Atlatl Association that has great links and information about atlatls. One link of special interest is a review of The Use of the Atlatl on Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan. The MAA also hosts an internet Smart Groups Atlatl Forum. To subscribe, just send an email to: michiganatlatl-subscribe@smartgroups.com
Margie & Frank Takoch have posted a rather large Gallery of Atlatl Photographs from their many recent atlatl adventures. In addition to photographs of many different atlatl events, they have posted photos of their visit to the Smithsonian to see the rather Large Collection of Atlatls in the National Archives.
Bob Berg of Thunderbird Atlatl relates stories with photographs of many of his atlatl hunting and fishing adventures. There is also a new link to the new Atlatl Hunting and Fishing Site. There is a lot of information about how to hunt and fish on this web site.
John Whittaker has posted a large annotated atlatl bibliography and a photo essay on atlatl principles and how he coaches students to throw at http://web.grinnell.edu/anthropology/Faculty/johnw.html
Pekka Vaartela is the web master for a Finnish language web page about Atlatls. You can find links to the history of the atlatl, atlatl designs, links to literature about atlatls & more.
Two small web pages show photos taken at the Valley of Fire World Atlatl Association Tournament in Nevada - April 1995 by Jim Gilligan of the Michigan Atlatl Association. Page #1 shows competitor Ray Madden with an eskimo style atlatl & unfletched river cane dart. A second photo shows a selection of atlatls and darts made by Charlie Brown of Arvada, Colorado and used in the tournament. Page #2 shows additional photographs taken at this tournament.
Yes, some throwers do hunt with atlatls. Lou Becker of the Michigan Atlatl Association is shown with his boar at the end of an Atlatl Hunt in McArthur, Ohio in 1995.
Pennsylvania May Let Hunters Use Prehistoric Weapon - This AP news story appeared on 13 November 2005.
Ted Bailey maintains other pages of interest to Atlatlists. Flight-Toys.com ; Primitive Technology
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Eric Braconnier atlatl web page (France) http://paleosite.free.fr/competition/waa.htm
Italian experimental archaeology, includes films of throwing with atlatl. http://www.archeologiasperimentale.it/index.htm
Luther College Atlatl Team at http://anthropology.luther.edu/Atlatl.htm