Primitive Skills and Crafts: An Outdoorsman's Guide to Shelters, Tools, Weapons, Tracking, Survival, and More
Anyone eager to master survival skills for outdoor vacations, or simply to find a fun new family activity for a Saturday afternoon, will be educated and inspired by the practical advice presented here by archaeologists, anthropologists, primitive practitioners, craftsmen, and artisans. These experts help modern readers rediscover the skills that have served humanity for millennia: fire-making, camp cooking, basket weaving, pottery making, animal tracking, and much more. You can even learn how...
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Anyone eager to master survival skills for outdoor vacations, or simply to find a fun new family activity for a Saturday afternoon, will be educated and inspired by the practical advice presented here by archaeologists, anthropologists, primitive practitioners, craftsmen, and artisans. These experts help modern readers rediscover the skills that have served humanity for millennia: fire-making, camp cooking, basket weaving, pottery making, animal tracking, and much more. You can even learn how to turn seashells into arrowheads or make glue from yucca plants. Plus, there’s intriguing information on the benefits of a hunter-gatherer diet. More than just a how-to, this handbook provides inspiration to live life to the fullest.
Introduction iAcknowledgments iiContributors' Biographies iiiOur Human Family 1The Ultimate Weapon 15Old Finnish Hunting and Fishing Techniques 25Primitive Process Pottery 35Stone Survival Tools 53Yucca 61Make Your Own Hide Glue 77Traditional Basketry Materials 85Tracking Skills 99The Primal Gourmet 109Whole-Shoot Willow Baskets 121A Paleo Prescription 137Barking Up the Right Tree 149The Remarkable Fire Piston 163An Introduction to the Atlatl 177Badgerstone 191Pine Needle Basketry 199"Rocking On" with the Paiute Deadfall 209Philosophy of a Caveman 225Living with Nature 231References 247Index 254
