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Now, can we get an elephant out there for a little realism?
A throwback to prehistoric times
By Clarence Plank: PNT staff writer
2009-10-28 21:16:36
When it comes to hunting, technology has advanced a great deal since
the days of slinging spears or rocks to bring down large animals for
food.
This Saturday, residents can see the tool prehistoric hunters used
when modern-day competitors compete in 9th annual Atlatl Throw at the
Blackwater Draw dig site.
At one time, the Atlatl was used for hunting and warfare world-wide,
said David Batten assistant professor of anthropology at Eastern New
Mexico University.
“It is a weapon that has been invented multiple times in different
places,” Batten said. “It has been used on every continent and in
Australia.
“There is some evidence that it was used in the southwest when the
Spanish came.”
The ENMU Department of Anthropology and Applied Archaeology, Mu Alpha
Nu Anthropology Club and the Blackwater Draw archaeological site are
hosting the competition.
Registration starts at 9 a.m., with an hour long practice before the
competition begins at 10 a.m.
The competition for men and women has four targets, while the children
have just one.
Contestants get a couple of chances to hit the target and then move
onto the next.
Winners from the three groups will compete for the grand championship
afterwards.
Stacey Bennett, an ENMU graduate student in anthropology, is the
defending grand champion in Atlatl Throw. Bennett said she got
involved with Atlatl through the university and George Crawford, the
Blackwater Draw site Archaeologist.
“I was familiar with the Atlatl technology, but not the competition,”
Bennett said. “So I came last year as a guest and participated. It is
really exciting.”
This year Bennett is a member of Mu Alpha Nu Anthropology Club and a
student at Eastern so she is more involved in Anthropology.
Bennett said she is looking forward to having fun at the competition.
“We have a lot of people stretching from as far away as Albuquerque to
the Petroglyph National Monument,” Bennett said. “A lot of people come
from all over It is a lot of fun.
What: 9th Annual Atlatl Throw
Where: Blackwater Draw Site
When: 9 a.m., registration, 10 a.m., competition
Directions: The competition will be held at the Blackwater Draw Site,
not the museum. The dig site is located on N.M. 467 (the road from
Portales to Cannon AFB). The dig site is six miles from Portales, and
one mile north of Oasis State Park.
http://www.archaeologynews.org/story.asp?ID=517280&Title=A%20throwback%20to%20prehistoric%20times
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:00 pm |
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"Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthicum at (no spam) earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:7a7712c9-6c40-46ed-b718-6f47594a2daa at (no spam) a31g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
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I don't know how apocryphal this is, but back when I was an undergrad at U
New Mex (1967-71; PhD 1986), there was a campus legend that "Uncle Frank"
Hibben [of Sandia Cave infamy, and from whom I took my first Anthro
class] -- aside: in those days, the football field was in the middle of the
campus -- once launched an atlatl spear the length of the field and into the
lobby of Zimmerman Library.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:04 pm |
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A throwback to prehistoric times
By Clarence Plank: PNT staff writer
2009-10-28 21:16:36
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“We have a lot of people stretching from as far away as Albuquerque to
the Petroglyph National Monument,” Bennett said. “
Ummmm, the Petroglyph National Monument is in Albuquerque.
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