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Ancient "Weapons Factory" Found on Connecticut Ridge
National Geographic ^
| December 29, 2005
| Abram Katz
Posted on 12/29/2005 12:59:11 PM PST by Red Badger
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At least someone in CT knew the value of good weaponry........
To: Red Badger
Hewhaven? the 1st Colt plant?
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:00:57 PM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Peace de Resistance! Viva la Paper towels!)
To: Red Badger
"West Rock was of central importance," Sgarlata said...Still is.
Popular place for college kids to drink and make out.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:03:07 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: billorites
But do they have weapons?.......
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:03:49 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him)
To: Red Badger
Got to LOVE the ATLATL!!!!
The name is so cool...
If I were John Browning naming a new futuristic gun, what could surpass atlatl?
"This'll ATL your ass!!!"
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:04:11 PM PST
by
Mikey_1962
(I grew up in a slum, when I got to college it had become a "ghetto".)
To: Rakkasan1
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:04:21 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him)
To: Red Badger
I would think there was more suitable material than quartz to make their projectile points with, if nothing else from cobbles in nearby rivers...I guess not.
To: Red Badger
"The points were likely intended to form the lethal end of an atlatl, or spear-thrower, dart." Those things are crazy. It's a club with a notched end for the dart to be placed in. You swing the club overhead and ZAP! The dart goes a-flyin'.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:05:33 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: Red Badger
"Rogers says the point makers were probably hunter-gatherers, perhaps living in a seasonal hunting camp..."Yes, living their lives as Natives Americans have since time immemorial.
Fishing, hunting, gathering, high-stakes bingo, selling cigarettes on the internet...
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:05:59 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Mikey_1962
The gun so nice they named it twice!...........(that ought to piss off NYC'ers).........
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:06:13 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him)
To: Red Badger
"When atlatls are controlled only criminals will have ATLATLS"
"Atlatls don't kill people, PEOPLE kill people!"
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:06:43 PM PST
by
Mikey_1962
(I grew up in a slum, when I got to college it had become a "ghetto".)
To: billorites
....living in a seasonal hunting camp... Kinda like NYC'ers in the summer.........
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:07:20 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him)
To: Rakkasan1
Hewhaven? the 1st Colt plant?Colt = Hartford. New Haven = Winchester. Bridgeport = Remington.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:09:02 PM PST
by
Snickersnee
(Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket?)
To: No Blue States
Cobble stones don't "break" right......
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:09:41 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him)
To: Red Badger; blam; SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:13:17 PM PST
by
FOG724
(http://nationalgrange.org/legislation/phpBB2/index.php)
To: Red Badger
I remember asking my Dad what the streets were like in our neighborhood were like when HE was a kid.
Because, when I was a kid the lower East side of Detroit was SO TOUGH I took boxing and karate lessons.
He told me that everybody carried "pocket" pistols and there was NO street violence.
I was unsure until I learned COLT made three VERY POPULAR POCKET pistols: the 22, 25, and 32 caliber Pocket Pistol.
OF COURSE THEY HAD NO STREET CRIME!!!!
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:13:47 PM PST
by
Mikey_1962
(I grew up in a slum, when I got to college it had become a "ghetto".)
To: Red Badger
I stumbled upon one of these sites in the mojave desert and found a hand axe that had been given up on.
Chipped a couple of pieces my self and used them as knives, razor sharp but brittle edges.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:17:00 PM PST
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: Red Badger
Someone call sarah brady!!! She needs to expand her organization to ban ancient weapons too, not just guns!!!
To: Snickersnee
Used to be North Haven = Marlin
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:23:13 PM PST
by
Rippin
To: Mikey_1962
How do you pronounce "atlatl"?
I'd really like to hear a Ted Kennedy speech denouncing private atlatl ownership. That would just be too funny.
Atlatl, atlatl, atlatl.
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posted on
12/29/2005 1:24:52 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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