Spear-thrower or atlatl, a tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in dart-throwing, and includes a bearing surface which allows the user to store energy during the throw
Woomera (spear-thrower), a wooden Australian Aboriginal spear-throwing device similar to an atlatl
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"Spearthrower Owl" (possibly Jatz'om Kuy, translating to "Striker Owl") was a Mesoamerican person from the Early Classic period, who is identified in Maya...
Spearthrower may refer to: Spear-thrower or atlatl, a tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in dart-throwing, and includes a bearing surface...
31 at Tikal and other monuments in the Maya region. At this time, the Spearthrower Owl ruler was also associated with Teotihuacan culture. Linda R. Manzanilla...
by the Mayan title ajaw, meaning lord. Yax Nuun Ayiin I was a son of Spearthrower Owl, a lord of Teotihuacan (probably that city's king) in central Mexico...
the fortified cities, and plunder the unprotected countryside. May 4 – Spearthrower Owl ascends to the throne and becomes ruler of Teotihuacan (Mexico)....
have come from Teotihuacán, been the general of the Teotihuacano ruler Spearthrower Owl, and conquered Tikal earlier the same year. This was a watershed...
spearthrower combined with an owl, a glyph that is well known from the great metropolis of Teotihuacan in the distant Valley of Mexico. Spearthrower Owl...
Roman Empire Sima Maoying, empress of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 393) Spearthrower Owl, ruler of Teotihuacan (Mexico) The End of Empire (p. 117). Christopher...
From tlacochtli, the dart or short spear used to fire from the atlatl spearthrower, and calli "house", with the locative ending -co meaning "in" From tlacochtli...
farmland. Siyaj K'ak' begins to replace Mayan kings with relatives of Spearthrower Owl, emperor of Teotihuacan. Siyaj K'ak' conquers Waka on January 8....
Ruler X, not yet satisfactorily deciphered. c.760–790: Ch'iyel c.378: Spearthrower Owl, ruled when his son took over Tikal. The dynastic line of Tikal,...
installation of a new king, Yax Nuun Ayiin I. The new king's father was Spearthrower Owl, who possessed a central Mexican name, and may have been the king...
378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spearthrower Owl of Teotihuacán. 550 – Gothic War: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila...
the fortified cities, and plunder the unprotected countryside. May 4 – Spearthrower Owl ascends to the throne and becomes ruler of Teotihuacan (Mexico)....
Indigenous Australians used the wood from the plant to make fish hooks, spearthrower pegs and for firewood. The species was originally described as Lhotzkya...
bundle on his left. David Freidel suggests the bird head is a symbol for "Spearthrower Owl." This was one name used for a certain king of Teotihuacan, and the...
"Rattles". Australian Museum. Retrieved 11 May 2021. "Toy spears, spearthrowers and targets". Australian Museum. Retrieved 11 May 2021. Bardon, Geoff...
herbivores. Indigenous Australians used the wood of the plant to make spearthrowers and bull roarers. The pale wood is very fine-grained with little figure...
sacrifice, mass suicide, and ethnic cleansing/genocide. Campaigns of Spearthrower Owl (r. c. 374 – c. 439 CE) Conquest of Tikal (378 CE) Conquest of Copán...
Roman Empire Sima Maoying, empress of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 393) Spearthrower Owl, ruler of Teotihuacan (Mexico) The End of Empire (p. 95). Christopher...
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