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Throwing weapon
speaking, throwing sticks are either straight or roughly boomerang-shaped, and are typically much shorter than javelins. The throwing stick became obsolete
Throwing_stick
Egyptian hieroglyph
ceremonial cosmetic palettes. It is used on the palettes both as a throwing-stick weapon in the animal hunt being portrayed-(the Hunters Palette), as
Throw_stick_(hieroglyph)
Memory aid device
A tally stick (or simply a tally) was an ancient memory aid used to record and document numbers, quantities, and messages. Tally sticks first appear as
Tally_stick
Tool to give more leverage when throwing a spear-like projectile
A spear-thrower, spear-throwing lever, or atlatl is a tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in dart or javelin throwing, and includes a
Spear-thrower
Aboriginal Australian hardwood club
an Aboriginal Australian hardwood club or hunting stick for use as a weapon or as a throwing stick for hunting animals. Waddy comes from the Darug people
Waddy
Place for a fire to heat the home and to cook food, usually of masonry
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Hearth
Punishment for breaking the rules in ice hockey
centre red line (goalkeeper) Roughing Slashing Throwing puck towards opponent's goal (goalkeeper) Throwing stick Tripping Unsportsmanlike conduct Abuse of
Penalty_(ice_hockey)
Thrown tool and weapon
and North African throwing weapon Chakram, an Indian throwing weapon Imperial boomerang, a concept in political science Throwing stick, used in Australia
Boomerang
Archaeological period, last part of the Stone Age (New Stone Age)
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Neolithic
Writing system used c. 1050 to 146 BC
the Proto-Canaanite script.[dubious – discuss] This includes: gaml 'throwing stick' to gimel 'camel' digg 'fish' to dalet 'door' hll 'jubilation' to he
Phoenician_alphabet
Neolithic sculpture found in Turkey
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Seated_Woman_of_Çatalhöyük
Third letter of many Semitic alphabets
been named after a weapon that was either a staff sling or a throwing stick (spear thrower), ultimately deriving from a Proto-Sinaitic glyph based on the
Gimel
Earth blocks for construction
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Mudbrick
Crops native to the New World
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New_World_crops
Surgically drilling a hole in the skull
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Trepanning
Prehistoric period: Copper Age
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Chalcolithic
Axe specifically designed for combat
the 11th century. They produced several varieties, including specialized throwing axes (see francisca) and "bearded" axes or "skeggox" (so named for their
Battle_axe
Period of human history before records
soup, eventually for bread. In early agriculture at this time the planting stick is used, but it is replaced by a primitive plough in subsequent centuries
Prehistory
Roman javelin
of southern Italy. The weapon is also described as a dart and as a throwing stick or boomerang. The aklys, as a "thonged club", appears in various fantasy
Aklys
Dwelling
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Hut
Prehistoric period before metal tools
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Stone_Age
Set of ten wooden weapons from the Palaeolithic Age
Jordi; Bigga, Gerlinde; Rots, Veerle (May 2020). "A 300,000-year-old throwing stick from Schöningen, northern Germany, documents the evolution of human
Schöningen_spears
European Middle Paleolithic culture
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Mousterian
Subdivision of the Paleolithic, or Old Stone Age
Earliest mathematical artifact, the notched Lebombo bone, a possible tally stick or lunar calendar, dated to 44,000–43,000 BP in Eswatini (Swaziland), southern
Upper_Paleolithic
Third letter of the Greek alphabet
letter is derived from an Egyptian hieroglyph representing a club or throwing stick. In Archaic Greece, the shape of gamma was closer to a classical lambda
Gamma
Archaeological industry of the European Upper Paleolithic
Czech Republic, a 33,000-year-old wolf bone, believed to have been a tally stick, was found. In it 55 notches are carved, in groups of five. This suggests
Gravettian
Images carved on a rock surface as a form of rock art
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Petroglyph
Prehistoric period, second part of the Stone Age
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Mesolithic
Earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic
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Lower_Paleolithic
Anti-submarine missile
anti-submarine missile, named after an Australian Aboriginal word for "throwing stick". It launched an acoustic torpedo to a range of 10 nautical miles (19 km)
Ikara_(missile)
Prehistoric ivory sculpture discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel, a cave in Germany
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Lion-man
Prehistoric period, first part of the Stone Age
hunting expeditions, and because the invention of projectile weapons such as throwing spears provided less incentive for war, because they increased the damage
Paleolithic
Period before the First Dynasty of Egypt
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Prehistoric_Egypt
Aspect of human history
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Control of fire by early humans
Control_of_fire_by_early_humans
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List of oldest extant buildings
List_of_oldest_extant_buildings
Caves in France containing Paleolithic paintings
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Lascaux
First epoch of the Quaternary Period
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Pleistocene
Peoples who forage or hunt for most or all of their food
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Hunter-gatherer
Type of earth shelter with ancient origins
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Pit-house
Room used by Puebloans for religious rituals and political meetings
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Kiva
Object that reflects an image
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Mirror
Period of Arabia before documented history
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Prehistoric_Arabia
Paintings, often prehistoric, on cave walls and ceilings
ceilings, probably made by submerging their hunting bolas in ink, and then throwing them up. The colours of the paintings vary from red (made from hematite)
Cave_painting
Prehistoric artwork in the Saharan desert
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Saharan_rock_art
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Stone_tool
Mound of earth and stones raised over graves
a duel between two champions to the first blood, discus throwing, archery and spear throwing. Beowulf's body in the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf is taken
Tumulus
Distinctive type of stone knapping technique used by ancient humans
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Levallois_technique
Human-made markings on natural stone
Alternately, the pigment could have been applied on dry, such as with a stick of charcoal. In some societies, the paint itself has symbolic and religious
Rock_art
Archaeological site in Louisiana, US
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Watson_Brake
Archaeological culture associated with Homo erectus
common neural circuitry for novel manipulations, language, plan-ahead and throwing, in K.R. Gibson & T. Ingold (ed.), Tools, language and cognition in human
Acheulean
Weapon primarily for hunting game animals
spear, is the throwing stick. While at its simplest the throwing stick is just a heavy club thrown at the game, a well-designed throwing stick uses the principles
Hunting_weapon
Neolithic culture of Europe
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Gumelnița_culture
Type of throwing club
subcontinent. The valari resembles, and is used similarly to a boomerang or throwing stick. It was used by the Tamil people in ancient battles, for protecting
Valari
Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic cultures
bone tools, including the production of barbed points, as well as spear throwers. As with earlier Upper Palaeolithic European cultures, they also produced
Magdalenian
Upper Paleolithic culture of Europe
well as three-dimensional figurines. Perforated rods, thought to be spear throwers or shaft wrenches, also are found at their sites. Aurignacian figurines
Aurignacian
Hand grenade
made use of improvised stick grenades commonly known as the 'hairbrush grenade', which were thought as having a longer throwing range and improved accuracy
Stielhandgranate
Archaeological industry of the European Upper Paleolithic
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Solutrean
Neolithic archaeological site in Balochistan, Pakistan
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Mehrgarh
Throwing of knives at targets for entertainment or sport
Knife throwing is an art, sport, combat skill, or variously an entertainment technique, involving an artist skilled in the art of throwing knives, the
Knife_throwing
Archaeological site in Turkey
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Çatalhöyük
Period in Levantine history
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Epipalaeolithic
Tamil caste belonging to the triumvirate known as Mukkulathor
colonial officials was the use of the "collery stick" (Tamil: valai tādi, kallartādi), a bent throwing stick or "false boomerang" which could be thrown up
Kallar_(caste)
Fossil site in San Diego County, California
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Cerutti_Mastodon_site
Disputed oldest known musical instrument
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Divje_Babe_flute
Late Bronze Age artefact made of thin gold leaf
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Berlin_Gold_Hat
eventually for bread. In early agriculture at this time, the planting stick is used, but it is replaced by a primitive plow in subsequent centuries
Timeline_of_prehistory
Portion of rock removed from an objective piece by percussion or pressure
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Lithic_flake
Relationship between language and human evolution
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Origin_of_language
Act of shaping stone materials
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Stone_carving
Calendar based only on the Moon
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Lunar_calendar
Paleolithic artifact from Congo
significance or astrological relevance. It is thought by some to be a tally stick, as it features a series of what has been interpreted as tally marks carved
Ishango_bone
Archaeological culture
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Oldowan
Prehistoric human occupation of Britain
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Prehistoric_Britain
Original agricultural crops
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Founder_crops
Ancient European throwing club
javelin fitted with a rope to work as an amentum, a throwing axe, or an entire genre of throwing weapons. It is also possible the word was used for more
Cateia
Archaeological site in Armenia
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Areni-1_winery
Mesolithic industry of the Franco-Cantabrian region
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Azilian
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List of prehistoric structures in Great Britain
List_of_prehistoric_structures_in_Great_Britain
Implement used for water-borne propulsion
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Oar
Prehistoric carving found in France
far from its findspot. It is a carved and engraved fragment of a spear-thrower made of reindeer antler. It depicts the 10.5 cm figure of a bison, of the
Bison_Licking_Insect_Bite
New World prehistoric projectile
suggestions arose that the points had been used as throwing spears, either as is or with spear thrower (atlatl) which technically would be considered darts
Clovis_point
Engraved fragment of a horse's head
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Robin_Hood_Cave_Horse
Neolithic culture
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Gumelnița–Kodžadermen-Karanovo VI complex
Gumelnița–Kodžadermen-Karanovo_VI_complex
Neolithic culture in upper Mesopotamia and the Levant c. 8800–6500 BC
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Pre-Pottery_Neolithic_B
Type of house with a circular plan, usually with a conical roof
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Roundhouse_(dwelling)
Earlier part of the Neolithic period in Southwest Asia
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Pre-Pottery_Neolithic
Middle Eastern Neolithic culture
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Pre-Pottery_Neolithic_A
Items buried along with the body
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Grave_goods
Type of Bronze Age chamber tomb
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Clava_cairn
Ancient Greek versatile hunting stick and weapon
hunting stick used primarily for hunting hares, as suggested by its very name: λαγώς (lagos), meaning "hare", and βόλος (bolos), meaning "throwing" or "catching"
Lagobolon
Proposed Upper Paleolithic European industry
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Châtelperronian
Study of sound and its relation to ancient things
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Archaeoacoustics
Paleolithic artefact from South Africa
bear a functional meaning. The bone has been conjectured to be a tally stick. History of mathematics Tally sticks Ishango bone Beaumont, Peter B. (1973)
Lebombo_bone
Architectural elements typical of European megalithic structures
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Megalithic architectural elements
Megalithic_architectural_elements
Shallow cave-like opening at the base of a bluff or cliff
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Rock_shelter
Transition of human species to anthropologically modern behavior
(a characteristic tool of Homo sapiens), the stone tips of javelins or throwing spears, were discovered in 2013 at the Ethiopian site of Gademotta, and
Behavioral_modernity
Process by which an artifact is attached to a haft
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Hafting
Religions thought to have appeared during the Paleolithic time period
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Paleolithic_religion
Art produced in preliterate cultures
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Prehistoric_art
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Neolithic_architecture
THROWING STICK
THROWING STICK
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Growing Moon
Biblical
high; throwing down
Girl/Female
Biblical
My height, throwing forth waters.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Growing; Thriving
Girl/Female
Indian
Growing
Biblical
my height; throwing forth waters
Girl/Female
Tamil
Ascending, Growing
Boy/Male
Tamil
Growing
Girl/Female
Biblical
High, throwing down.
Girl/Female
Latin
Growing.
Boy/Male
Norse
Growing.
Girl/Female
French, German, Latin
Increasing; Growing
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Growing Moon
Boy/Male
Norse
Growing.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Rising; Growing
Biblical
fear, or throwing down, of Jehovah
Girl/Female
Hindu
Ascending, Growing
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Bloom; Growing
Girl/Female
British, English
Growing Up
Boy/Male
Hindu
Growing
THROWING STICK
THROWING STICK
Boy/Male
Tamil
Ved Aryan | வேத ஆரà¯à®¯à®¨Â
Sacred knowledge
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Perfect
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, German, Swedish
Manly; Feminine Variant of Charles; Carl; Little One Dark Haired
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Spring-fed Stream
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Eliyphaz, ELIFAZ means "my God is pure gold." In the bible, this is the name of Job's three friends.
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Family Person
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Preserver of Ascetic
Boy/Male
Danish, Finnish, German, Scandinavian, Swedish
Bright; Skillful
Boy/Male
Tamil
Good fortune
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Wisdom; Angel; Trust; And Loved
THROWING STICK
THROWING STICK
THROWING STICK
THROWING STICK
THROWING STICK
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Throw
n.
The act of throwing with force.
n.
A workman employed in silk throwing.
superl.
Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Throb
a.
Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground.
v. t. & i.
To press, crowd, or throng.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Throne
imp.
of Thring
n.
A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.
n.
The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out.
n.
The festivity of Shrovetide.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Thole
a.
Darting or throwing out suddenly; also, suddenly thrown out; uttered in short sentences; ejaculatory; as, jaculatory prayers.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Thrive
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Thaw
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Throng
n.
A drip, or drip molding.
a.
Fit for throwing.