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We have some rather talented spear-throwing MAGS members [youngsters as well as adults] in our midst. The one pictured here just happens to be my wife.

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My wife, Sherri, preparing to throw a spear, using an atlatl.

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Even on this cold day, MAGS members enjoyed visiting the grounds of Chucalissa, learning about the history of the plaza, and doing a little bit of spear throwing, aided by the use of an atlatl. The atlatl consists of a shaft with a spur at the end that supports and propels the butt of a six-foot-long spear. The atlatl is held in one hand, gripped near the end farthest from the spur. The spear is thrown by the action of the upper arm and wrist, using the atlatl as a low-mass, fast-moving extension of the throwing arm.

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Approximately 20 MAGS members [families and individuals] spent the day at Chucalissa. We were informed and educated by museum director Robert Connolly, and MAGS librarian Ron Brister as they gave us a guided tour through the halls of the museum and told us the history of native Americans in the mid-South.

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