A boomerang, stone dart components and a spear-throwing device called an atlatl used by ancient humans almost everywhere in the world were found at the West Texas site, along with a folded ...

Still, this is likely the oldest collection of weapons found in North America, as the other parts of the dart system (including the stone and wood tips) were associated with the atlatl ...

They came across six stone-tipped foreshafts which were used to align darts with an atlatl, which was an ancient lever used to launch spears. Also found were four hardwood foreshafts which were ...