| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Originally published as: Woodsmoke. Bountiful, Utah : Horizon, ©1997. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Contributors Biographies; Our Human Family; Our Beginnings; Neanderthal; The Big Merge; Cro-Magnon; The Ultimate Weapon; The Legacy; The Lineage; Historic Manufacturing Techniques; A Proposed Aboriginal Method of Construction; The Darts; Old Finnish Hunting and Fishing Techniques; Primitive Process Pottery; History; Clay Sources and Collection; Clay Preparation; Form; Paraphernalia; Modeling; Coil and scrape technique; Slips and polishing; Decoration; Painting; Color; Firing; Stone Survival Tools; Basic Principles. |
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Striking FlakesStriking Blades; Making Hand Axes; Grinding Arrowheads; Ethics; Yucca; Identification; Uses; Fiber; Cordage; Basketry; Weaving; Needle and thread; Sandals; Bags; Mats; Fire starting material; Food; Soap; Brushes; Make Your Own Hide Glue; The Original Experiment . . .; The Hides . . .; Making Glue . . .; The Nature and Care of Hide Glue . . .; The Open-ended Finis . . .; Traditional Basketry Materials; Shoots; Roots; Barks; Vines; Seed Pods; Leaves and Grass; Wood Splints; Decorative Overlay Materials; Tracking Skills; Man tracking; Using a Tracking Stick; The Primal Gourmet. |
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Cooking firesSkewering; Spit Cooking; Grilling; Stone Oven; Ash Cooking; Steam Pit; Boiling; Whole-Shoot Willow Baskets; Materials; Harvesting; Hand Positions In Weaving; Tools; Some Things to Remember; The Start; Twining; Splicing; Adding Spokes; Shaping the Basket; Finishing; Final Touches; A Paleo Prescription; Barking Up the Right Tree; Aboriginal Bark Containers; Tools for the Task; Selecting a Suitable Tree; Removing the Bark Panel from the Tree; Scoring and Folding the Bark Panel; Drilling Holes and Lacing the Basket; Forming and Lacing the Basket Rim Reinforcement Hoop. |
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Finishing Touches and VariationsThe Remarkable Fire Piston; Discovery; Origin and Distribution; Materials; Technique; An Introduction to the Atatl; Simplicity and Adaptability; Survival Needs; Atlatl Systems; Throwing Board; Spear Thrower; Flexible System; Casting Stick; Atlatl Basics; Making Darts; Making the Atlatl; Badgerstone; Pine Needle Basketry; "Rocking On" with the Paiute Deadfall; Contemporary Considerations; The Paiute Deadfall; Deadfall Components; Setting the Trap; Tips and Troubleshooting; A Packrat Tale; Philosophy of a Caveman; Living with Nature; Ice Age Adaptability. |
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The Big Melt-downModern-day Insulation; Notes and References; Index. |
| Subject |
Wilderness survival.
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Outdoor life.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Outdoor Skills.
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Outdoor life. (OCoLC)fst01049140
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Wilderness survival. (OCoLC)fst01175202
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Jamison, Richard L.
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Jamison, Linda, 1942-
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| Added Title |
Woodsmoke.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Primitive skills and crafts. New York : Skyhorse Pub., ©2007 9781602391482 (DLC) 2007016177 (OCoLC)123485392 |
| ISBN |
9781602391482 (electronic bk.) |
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1602391483 (electronic bk.) |
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