Primitive Technology II - Ancestral Skills - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586850989 ISBN 13: 9781586850982

Verlag: GIBBS SMITH PUB, 2001

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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.

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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.

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Primitive Technology II: Ancestral Skills continues the tradition of preserving this heritage. Through this collection, assemble from the Bulletin of Primitive Technology, we step into the past to relearn old ways, and share them with the future. Learn to create stone tools that may be used to fabricate more complex technologies. Master the art of the bow and arrow, and the preparation of food. Build a shelter or fashion clothing from fibers or buckskin. Primitive Technology II: Ancestral Skills will guide you to a better understanding of the skills and crafts that bind us all into this great human family.

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Contents Introduction Food Sources Containers Projectiles Buckskin Transportation Back to Basics

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: GIBBS SMITH PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1586850989
• ISBN 13: 9781586850982
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 250
• Herausgeber: Wescott David
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