Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Generally speaking, Bob Perkins, better known as "Atlatl Bob" in these parts, thinks Gov. Brian ...
In the course of poking around the Internet, I found a scattering of Montana atlatl enthusiasts, including one guy from Manhattan who calls himself “Atlatl Bob.” Known to his mom as Bob Perkins, ...
Bob first became interested in this ancient weapon when he was an undergraduate civil engineering student at Montana State University. For a term paper in an archaeology class, Bob decided to build ...
Have you ever heard of an atlatl? It is an ancient tool that uses leverage to allow a spear to be thrown faster and further. It is a lot like the... Oct 10, 2014 — Have you ever heard of an atlatl? It ...
Bob first became interested in this ancient weapon when he was an undergraduate civil engineering student at Montana State University. For a term paper in an archaeology class, Bob decided to build ...
“I’m the first person in a couple thousand years to bring home the bacon using this weapon,” says William “Atlatl Bob” Perkins. “And if you want to be the first on your block, I’m now taking credit ...
WALNUT CREEK — Just before sunset three nights a week, Bruce and DeAnne Weidman can be seen engaging in target practice at the Sugarloaf Open Space homestead, throwing darts to the curiosity of trail ...
Just before Christmas, I wrote a post about the atlatl, an ancient throwing stick that adds great speed and power to a dart. I soon heard from Brad Coutant, an archaeologist with the Bureau of ...
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 ...
Down Bob Bronish's driveway in the woods of Washington Township, N.J., visitors were thrown back in time. Anyone who ventures there this weekend can find Bronish and five others in a World Atlatl ...
Townsend men among new wave of enthusiasts of ancient pastime. At a time when new, advanced technologies seem to be developing almost daily, some people are finding pleasure in the most ancient human ...