Primitive Technology II

Ancestral Skills from the Society of Primitive Technology

By: David Westcott (Editor)

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Paperback | 20 August 2001 | Edition Number 2

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The Stone Age is the common denominator of mankind, and through experimental archeology-the relearning and replication of ancient skills-we take a step of discovery and understanding into this rich past. In this collection, drawn from the pages of the Bulletin of Primitive Technology, learn to create tools to fabricate more complex technologies; master the arts of the bow and arrow; build a shelter or fashion clothing from fibers or buckskin. Primitive Technology II: Ancestral Skills provides the guide to rediscovery of the skills and crafts that bind us all into this great human family. AUTHOR: David Wescott is author of Camping in the Old Style and editor of Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills. Formerly education director for the Boulder Outdoor School, he has been a leading figure in wilderness education for more than thirty years. He lives with his wife in Rexburg, Idaho. Illustrated

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Introduction: Searching The Past
When the People Gather	p. 2
Collective Vision and Our Evolving Culture	p. 4
Metaphors For Living: Questing For Insights	p. 6
Primitive Technology and The "New" Archaeology	p. 8
Field Archaeology	p. 10
Random Thoughts on Tradition vs. Technology	p. 11
Artifacts and Ethics	p. 13
Ethics and Collecting: A Question	p. 14
Food Sources: Eating To Live
Slim, Trim and Paleo-Indian: Why Our Diets Are Killing Us	p. 16
Wild Plant Economics	p. 20
Roast of the Century: Mescal and The Mescalero Apache	p. 24
Burning and Scraping: A Southeastern Indian Corn Mortar	p. 27
Aboriginal Cookery	p. 28
Various Food Gathering Methods	p. 33
Trapping: Take A New/Old Look	p. 34
"Rocking On" With The Paiute Deadfall: Its Prehistory, Construction and Use	p. 37
Sampson Post Deadfall	p. 46
Reflections On a Rabbit Stick	p. 47
Southeastern Indian Rabbit Sticks	p. 49
More On Rabbit Sticks	p. 50
Containers: Holding It All Together
Introduction to Ceramic Replication	p. 52
Primitive Pottery Firing: Lenape Indian Village	p. 54
A Method For Firing Primitive Pottery	p. 56
Various Containers	p. 57
How To Cook In Primitive Pottery	p. 58
An Introduction to NW Coast Woodwork	p. 61
Southeastern Indian Gourd Buckets	p. 67
Barking Up The Right Tree...Construction of The Juniper Bark Berry Basket	p. 68
Make A Mountain Bark Basket	p. 76
Variation On A Theme: Aspen Bark Containers	p. 79
Bark Canteens: Carrying Water Primitively	p. 80
The Uses of Birch Bark	p. 84
Pinch Pots	p. 85
Projectiles-: Bows and Arrows
Your First Primitive Bow	p. 88
Sticks and Stones Will Make My Bow	p. 97
Wood Under Stress	p. 104
The Causes of Arrow Speed	p. 107
Southeastern Rivercane Arrow Notes	p. 114
A Note On Primitive Bow Making: Or The Secrets of Sinew Revealed	p. 117
Archery In The Artic - Part I	p. 119
Arctic Archery - Part II	p. 123
Arctic Archery Part III	p. 128
On The Cutting Edge: Stone Tool Bow Making	p. 134
The 30 Minute Bow	p. 138
Buckskin: Enough Brains To Tan Your Hide
Working Hides With Stone, Bone and Antler Tools	p. 140
A Variety of Wood, Bone and Stone Awls	p. 143
Buckskin Babblings	p. 144
Subcutaneous Stitch For Buckskin	p. 150
Tan Your Hides With Nature's Tools	p. 151
Brains, Bones and Hot Springs: Native American Deerskin Dressing at the Time of Contact	p. 153
Transportation: Moving Along
Primitive Travel Gear	p. 164
Primitive Fiber Bundle Watercraft: A Materials Primer	p. 167
Tule Boats	p. 171
The Scapular Saw: A Stone and Bone Age Project	p. 175
Diegueno Rawhide Sandals	p. 176
Ga-o-wo: Building An Iroquis Elm-Bark Canoe	p. 177
The Canoe Tree	p. 182
Mud and Fire: Tools of the Dugout Canoe Maker	p. 183
A Carved Boat From the Northwest Coast	p. 191
Danish Neolithic Boat Project	p. 195
The Ancient Coracle	p. 197
Yucca and Agave Fiber Sandals of Southern California	p. 198
Light On The Subject of Cave Art	p. 204
Conquering The Darkness: Primitive Lighting Methods	p. 207
Back to Basics: Tools Through Time
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On The Deceptive Simplicity of Lower Paleolithic Tools	p. 213
Paleo "Bashed" Tools - A Story	p. 215
The Bipolar Technique: The Simplest Way To Make Stone Tools	p. 217
Easy To Make "Pebble" Tools	p. 221
Bow-Drill Fire Making Equipment	p. 224
Simple Comparative Tests Between Oldowan, Abbevillian and Acheulian Technology	p. 225
A Quick Guide To Classic Old World Paleolithic Chopper and Handaxe Forms	p. 228
Handaxemanship	p. 230
Hand-Drill Fire Making	p. 236
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