While hunting the other day, I came across a stage wooden object. Instantly I just knew it was an atlatl, I even said it out loud lol.. I've never seen one, new or ancient, but for some reason that's where my mind went. It was about 2ft long straight as an arrow, slightly rotted and broke at one end. The other end looked like an upside down pistol grip. I couldn't tell if it was carved or natural, but the wood grains appeared to go in different directions. There was another straight as an arrow piece right next to it, also about 1.5ft-2ft long. The longer I thought about it, the more reality set it that this was likely impossible. A piece of wood that skinny(~1"diameter) couldn't possibly last more that a few hundred years, AT MOST, in the creek Bank...a pretty wet environment. I set it back down and turned my attention to ask the huge choppers and flakes of Burlington everywhere. But I couldn't stop thinking about it so I Googled it. Couldn't find anything on finding an ancient one but a stopped as soon as I saw this pic. The handle on the piece u saw was pretty close to identical of the one in this pic. Has anyone ever heard of one being found intact? Outside of the ice fields, lol. Missouri area... thanks looked EXACTLY like this, but no hook. I looked. Thinking about going back to retrieve it....
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Has an intact atlatl ever been recovered?
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I heard a few have been recovered in West Texas and New Mexico caves. Even one in Nevada I think. When I get back in the office later today I will find some pics.FGH Check out my artifact store at Lone Star Artifact Reclaim
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The desert southwest as well are arctic regions can preserve wood artifacts very well. Many new discoveries of organic artifacts have been recovered as glaciers have been slowly receding. Still rare but those discoveries add pieces to the ancient puzzle.Uncle Trav- Southwest Michigan
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Go back and get it, post some pictures!Last edited by BoilerMike; 01-27-2023, 10:56 PM.Central Indiana
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The Bowser Road mastodon, New York, and mastodon ribs used as atlatlsβ¦..
At the Massachusetts ASAA meeting on 6/25/16, Dr. Mike Gramly shows the first known Clovis atlatls, which he excavated at the Bowser Road Mastodon Site in Orange
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