DECORAH, Iowa (AP) -- A competition involving a primitive weapon used for hunting and warfare is scheduled for Saturday at Luther College. The school's Anthropology Lab will host the first Decorah ...

A new study led by Archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State University’s Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e. spear thrower) functions ...

Wagner, from Truxton, Missouri, in Lincoln County, may be the first woman in modern Missouri history to successfully kill a deer with the ancient atlatl hunting tool. Missouri is one of three states ...

Muzzleloader deer hunters in Missouri took nearly 16,000 deer last season. Archery hunters faired somewhat better with nearly 52,000. In all, more than 200,000 deer were taken with firearms last year.

Mammoth hunting in Montana is not for the faint of heart. This past weekend, with temperatures hovering at 100 degrees, about two dozen atlatl enthusiasts from across the United States convened near ...