Atlatl Plans
      If you're lucky, you can find plans for making atlatls online, or occasionally in an old nature craft book. But you can never find more than one design at a time, so how do you know if you're found the right one for you?
      To give you a choice, I've found, made, reverse-engineered, and otherwise gathered a number of plans and designs. They're arranged according to where in the world this type was used.

Arctic Regions - from Siberia to Greenland.

• Kotzebue Sound Throwing Board
  
• Kuskokwim Throwing Board
  
• QnD Tlingit Throwing Board
  
• Point Barrow Throwing-Board
  
• Labrador Throwing Board
  
• Port Harrison Throwing Board
  
• Anderson River Throwing Board
  
• Bristol Bay Throwing Board
  
• Unalashkan Throwing Board
  
• Aleut Style 1
  
• Aleut Style 2
  
• Greenland Throwing Board
  
• West Greenland Norsaq -- my reprint of the information found here.
• Aleut Throwing Board, Jim Dickson -- Outside Site
  
• West Greenland Norsaq, Greg Stamer -- Outside Site
  

North America - from the U.S. and Canada

• Council Hill, NV atlatl
  
• University of Missouri Atlatl
  
• Modified University of Missouri Atlatl
  
• Santa Barbara atlatl
  
• Ozark Bluff Dweller atlatl
  
• Ozark Bluff Dweller Style 1
  
• Nicolarson Cave atlatl
  
• Plush Cave Atlatl
  
• Lower Alabama Creek Style
  
• Kris Tuomala's Basketmaker Atlatl
  
• High Plains Atlatl
  
• Texas Atlatl
  
• Do-it-yourself Atlatl, Louisiana Poverty Point Expeditions -- Outside Site
  
• Reconstructing a Basketmaker Atlatl -- Outside Site
  

South/Central America - Amazonian, Aztec, Mayan, and Mexican designs

• Kuikuru Atlatl
  
• Kuikuru Style 1
  
• Aztec atlatl 1
  
• Aztec Double atlatl
  
• Tarascan (Mexican) Atlatl
  
• Atlatl eli vipukeihäs, Janne Kurra. In Finnish, but Amazonian design -- Outside Site
  
• The Mayan Atlatl -- Formerly offsite, now hosted here in its original form.
  

Europe

• German Speerschleuder with carved hook
  
• German Speerschleuder with attached hook
  
• Ehkahk's Baton de Commandement
  
• Original German page for Speerschleuder with carved hook -- Outside Site
  
• Original German page for Speerschleuder with attached hook -- Outside Site
  

Indonesia/Oceania - From the large island group between Australia and Asia

• Papua New Guinea Spia - 1 Piece
  
• Papua New Guinea Spia - 1 Piece, Version 2
  
• Papua New Guinea Spia - 2 Piece
  
• Papua New Guinea Spia - 2 Piece, Version 2
  
• Bamboo Female Atlatl
  

Australia

• Cape York Woomera, Style 2
  
• Australian Child's Woomera
  
• Australian Palati style atlatl
  
• Australian Kunjolio style atlatl
  
• Australian Woomera, Queensland Type 1
  
• Australian Woomera, Queensland Type 2
  
• Australian Woomera, Queensland Type 3
  
• Australian Woomera, Queensland Type 4
  
• Australian Woomera, Queensland Type 5
  
• Australian Woomera, Flat Central Desert style
  
• Australian Woomera, Bowl-shaped Central Desert Style, with chisel
  
• Australian Woomera, unusual style
  
• Australian Fishing Wommera
  
• Arnhem Land Woomera
  
• Mornington Island Woomera
  
• Northern Coast Woomera Type 1
  
• Southern Eyre Peninsula Woomera
  
• Unknown Woomera-style
  
• "Paddle" Woomera
  

Miscellaneous - Generic atlatls not confined to one particular region and/or original designs.

• Tom Mills' 3 Minute Elderberry Atlatl - Original page
  
• Tom Mills' 3 Minute Elderberry Atlatl - Blueprints
  
• Tom Mills' Basketmaker Woomera
  
• "Ash-Catcher" Atlatls
  
• Modified Aleut Design
  
• Australian Style "Arrow-Flicker"
  
• Dowel Atlatl
  
• Bison Rib Atlatl
  
• Antler Spur Atlatl
  
• Tom's Type 1
  
• Tom's Type 2
  
• Bill Tate Atlatl
  
• "Turtle" Atlatl
  
• Kevin Ashley's Atlatl
  
• Wes Bakker's Atlatl, Style 1
  
• Jim Regan's Design
  
• Simple Atlatl, Bob Gillis -- Outside Site
  
• Branch Atlatl, Dino Labiste -- Outside Site
  

No Plans, Just Pictures

Just what it says. These are atlatl images I've found, with or without dimensions. As plans are made for them, they'll be moved to the appropriate area, and new ones will be added as found.

• No plans

If you know of any others, or have your own designs, please let me know and we'll get them up.

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