Atlatls likely appeared in North America around 10,000 years ago, after the Clovis culture For decades, archaeologists pictured North America’s first big game hunters using the atlatl, a handheld spear thrower that sends a flexible dart farther and faster than a hand-thrown spear. The weapon has long been linked with the Clovis culture, whose people lived about 13,340 to 12,710 years ago and... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/atlatls-appeared-in-north-america-after-the-clovis-culture/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #anthropology #atlatls #clovis