Devin B Pettigrew
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4053518 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Devin B Pettigrew |
| NOMBRES | Devin B |
| APELLIDO | Pettigrew |
| FIRMA | PETTIGREW D B |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Colorado Boulder |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1604-0176 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Ballistic potential of the atlatl and dart for hunting late-Quaternary megafauna
Testing and reconsidering atlatl dart ballistics
The atlatl and dart weapon is characterized by variability in form and application. • Heavier darts carry less velocity but substantially more energy, predicted by the force-velocity relationship in throwing. • Atlatlist height and weight tends to correlate with greater dart energy and velocity. • Both sex and experience impact kinetic energy but are overridden by variability between individuals. • Research that stereotypes weapons and overlooks …
On the (Non-)Scalability of Target Media for Evaluating the Performance of Ancient Projectile Weapons
When they work, controlled experiments can efficiently and clearly reveal essential characteristics of the functions and performance of ancient hunting and fighting weapons. However, homogenous target media must be carefully validated to ensure that controlled tests capture the same variables that made weapons effective in their original application. Although homogenous flesh simulants have proven effective for studying firearms, the same simulan…
Terminal Ballistics of Stone-Tipped Atlatl Darts and Arrows
This study describes an effective protocol for naturalistic archaeological weapons experiments that improves cross-validation with controlled experiments and allows testing of multiple hypotheses. Stone-tipped atlatl darts and arrows were launched by skilled users against fresh carcasses, with high-speed cameras and radar guns capturing details of ballistic performance, impacts to bone and stone armatures, and other variables. The results pertain…
Ozark atlatls and darts
The Basketmaker atlatl type of the North American Southwest has a known wide distribution southward into Mexico, northward into the Great Basin, and as far east as the panhandle of Oklahoma. An artifact excavated in the early twentieth century from a Missouri bluff is clearly an atlatl of this type, extending its known occurrence into the Ozarks. A cross-peg atlatl from the Ozarks of Arkansas represents a type also present in the area surrounding…
Atlatl Dart Velocity
Thrusting spears, hand-thrown javelins, and atlatls are all suggested as weapons used by Paleo hunters to bring down Pleistocene megafauna. Before we can distinguish between weapons in archaeological contexts, or compare their effects, we need accurate measurements of performance characteristics. Velocity directly influences momentum and kinetic energy and thus the damage a projectile can do, but accurate measurements of atlatl dart velocity are …
How Atlatl Darts Behave
Beveled retouch on stone projectile points has often been considered as a device to spin and stabilize a projectile. A recent paper showed that a beveled point will spin a small shaft under tightly controlled laboratory conditions. However, this experiment has little relevance for real projectiles such as atlatl darts, which flex dramatically and spin unevenly inflight, quite independent of point form. The spinning is related to the flexibility o…
How Atlatl Darts Behave
Beveled retouch on stone projectile points has often been considered as a device to spin and stabilize a projectile. A recent paper showed that a beveled point will spin a small shaft under tightly controlled laboratory conditions. However, this experiment has little relevance for real projectiles such as atlatl darts, which flex dramatically and spin unevenly inflight, quite independent of point form. The spinning is related to the flexibility o…
Terminal Ballistics of Stone-Tipped Atlatl Darts and Arrows
This study describes an effective protocol for naturalistic archaeological weapons experiments that improves cross-validation with controlled experiments and allows testing of multiple hypotheses. Stone-tipped atlatl darts and arrows were launched by skilled users against fresh carcasses, with high-speed cameras and radar guns capturing details of ballistic performance, impacts to bone and stone armatures, and other variables. The results pertain…
On the (Non-)Scalability of Target Media for Evaluating the Performance of Ancient Projectile Weapons
When they work, controlled experiments can efficiently and clearly reveal essential characteristics of the functions and performance of ancient hunting and fighting weapons. However, homogenous target media must be carefully validated to ensure that controlled tests capture the same variables that made weapons effective in their original application. Although homogenous flesh simulants have proven effective for studying firearms, the same simulan…
How Atlatl Darts Behave
Beveled retouch on stone projectile points has often been considered as a device to spin and stabilize a projectile. A recent paper showed that a beveled point will spin a small shaft under tightly controlled laboratory conditions. However, this experiment has little relevance for real projectiles such as atlatl darts, which flex dramatically and spin unevenly inflight, quite independent of point form. The spinning is related to the flexibility o…
Atlatl Dart Velocity
Thrusting spears, hand-thrown javelins, and atlatls are all suggested as weapons used by Paleo hunters to bring down Pleistocene megafauna. Before we can distinguish between weapons in archaeological contexts, or compare their effects, we need accurate measurements of performance characteristics. Velocity directly influences momentum and kinetic energy and thus the damage a projectile can do, but accurate measurements of atlatl dart velocity are …
Ozark atlatls and darts
The Basketmaker atlatl type of the North American Southwest has a known wide distribution southward into Mexico, northward into the Great Basin, and as far east as the panhandle of Oklahoma. An artifact excavated in the early twentieth century from a Missouri bluff is clearly an atlatl of this type, extending its known occurrence into the Ozarks. A cross-peg atlatl from the Ozarks of Arkansas represents a type also present in the area surrounding…
On the (Non-)Scalability of Target Media for Evaluating the Performance of Ancient Projectile Weapons
When they work, controlled experiments can efficiently and clearly reveal essential characteristics of the functions and performance of ancient hunting and fighting weapons. However, homogenous target media must be carefully validated to ensure that controlled tests capture the same variables that made weapons effective in their original application. Although homogenous flesh simulants have proven effective for studying firearms, the same simulan…
Terminal Ballistics of Stone-Tipped Atlatl Darts and Arrows
This study describes an effective protocol for naturalistic archaeological weapons experiments that improves cross-validation with controlled experiments and allows testing of multiple hypotheses. Stone-tipped atlatl darts and arrows were launched by skilled users against fresh carcasses, with high-speed cameras and radar guns capturing details of ballistic performance, impacts to bone and stone armatures, and other variables. The results pertain…
Ballistic potential of the atlatl and dart for hunting late-Quaternary megafauna
Testing and reconsidering atlatl dart ballistics
The atlatl and dart weapon is characterized by variability in form and application. • Heavier darts carry less velocity but substantially more energy, predicted by the force-velocity relationship in throwing. • Atlatlist height and weight tends to correlate with greater dart energy and velocity. • Both sex and experience impact kinetic energy but are overridden by variability between individuals. • Research that stereotypes weapons and overlooks …
Archaeology (5 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras) · Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies (4 obras) · Projectile (4 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 obras) · Ballistics (3 obras) · Dart (3 obras) · Engineering (3 obras) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (3 obras) · Geology (3 obras)