Sentence examples for spear thrower from inspiring English sources

Spears and the atlatl, or spear thrower, were used to some extent.

Thomas Mitchell first surveyed the area in 1836 and named it for an Aboriginal term meaning boomerang, throwing stick, or spear thrower.

The bow and arrow are today known everywhere; in some Amazon regions they have replaced the spear thrower, a device still in use in certain western tribes.

Prior to about 9,000 years ago, the spear or javelin, propelled by hand, was replaced by a new propulsion system, the spear thrower, or atlatl (see, for example, Hughes 1998).

They had spear throwers, boats, needles, adzes, nets.

Harpoons and other fishing tackle appear at 18,000 years ago, as do bone spear throwers, or atlatls.

Pieter Pieterzoon, of the Dutch East India Company, was repelled by spear throwers in 1636.

Most Archaic cultures are characterized by a rather extensive use of ground-stone implements, both woodworking tools and other categories, such as bowls, knives, net sinkers, and elaborate weights for spear throwers.

Ceiling fans whirled overhead and the airy, frangipani-scented space was elegantly furnished with comfortable sofas and exotic artifacts -- vintage aboriginal spear throwers, Indonesian tau-tau figures, botanical prints from England and, yes, the most inviting fridge we had ever seen.

But when one of Abbott's favourite columnists writes "blame shifting on this issue is a risky strategy considering there are still spear throwers in the party room who won't tolerate much more revisionism from Turnbull's camp" it looks pretty much like a direct threat from Abbott's "camp".

Two spear throwers shaped as woolly mammoths have also been found in France.