Atlatl the paleolitic hunting spear thrower

Late paleolithic hunter's weapon of choice. Johan is constructing a spear thrower and dart. With a flint ahrentsburg point by the use of natural materials in this video. The first people to settle Scandinavia. After the last glacial period. Hunted with these spear throwers. The technology has been used for hunting in most parts of the world at some point or another Including our home region Scandinavia. The dart can reach a much higher airspeed when thrown with the thrower handle than if it was only thrown with the hunters own arm. Averaging 60mph in flight. But it is capable of reaching much higher speeds. When thrown by an trained athelete or hunter. This clasification of hunting spear throwers (and darts) takes its name from the mesoamerican language Nahuatl`s word Atlatl. That can be translated to "spear thrower". Originally this word only designated the short handle like thrower. That is used to gain ekstra speed of the dart itself. But is at the moment beeing appropriated by popular culture and of convenience. To describe the whole set of both thrower and dart. For informational an entertainment purpose. We have chosen to build the whole assembly. Both dart and thrower in this video. And to name it an Atlatl because the term is familier to many of our viewers. We do not apprechiate cultural appropriation. But we do apprechiate crafts of the past and pressent by many coultures around the world. #atlatl #spear #flintknapping #ahrentsburgculture