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An "atlatl" is the technical term for a javelin launcher. Join Ray Strischek and our local
chapter of the Ohio Atlatl Association to discover for yourself this
amazing hunting tool developed by Stone Age cultures across the world.
Get in touch with your distant ancestors and learn the athletic
technique of this ingenious prehistoric technology. Bulls-eye targets and atlatls provided.Sponsored by the Friends of the Athens Public Library.
(accompanying photo by
Richard Keatinge;
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poised_to_launch_a_dart_from_an…)
