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RESOURCES | FIRE | TOOLS | MUSIC | SKILLS | PLANTS | EVENTS | URBAN | GALLERY
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E-mail Questions Answered
(updated regularly)
Movies of Interest
(Entertainment, Educational, and How-To videos)
"Stone Age Engineering" by Dick Baugh
Stores that Offer Resources for Primitive Technology Projects
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Friends of the Society of Primitive Technology: Activities Calendar for 2012
California Knappers
(monthly flintknapping get-together)
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Ancient Fire Making (Interview with Dino Labiste on Wildebeat.net)
The Miracle of
Fire-by-Friction
The Miracle of
Fire-by-Friction, Revisited
3 Fire-by-Friction Methods (video)
Hand Drill Fire Making (videos)
A Friction Fire Inquiry: Hand Drill
Starting Fire
With a Lens Made From Ice!
Fire Piston: Primitive Technology for the 21st Century
Paleolithic Stone on Stone Fire Technology
Fire-by-Percussion & Fire-by-Compression (video)
Spindle Extension for a Fire Bow Drill
Fire-by-Friction Methods of the Australian Aborigines
Smallest Bow Drill Fire-by-Friction Set
Friction Fire Woods and Successful Wood Combinations
Fire-By-Friction: Materials of the San Francisco Bay Region
Fire-by-Friction with Damp Materials
Starting With Fire (Interview with Dino Labiste on Wildebeat.net)
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Mesoamerican Prismatic Blade Production from Obsidian (video)
Flintknapping Videos by Ken Peek
Flintknapping Videos by Dick Baugh
Flintknapping Videos by Ken Kehoe
Internal Friction on Bow Limbs
Making an Asiatic Composite Bow
Simple, Cheap & Effective Bows and Arrows
A Foolproof Method for Bow Tillering
Making an Archer's Thumb Ring from Cow Horn, Antler or Bone
Making an Atlatl from a Branch
Other Types of Atlatls: Loop, Fork and Cord
Jiffy Arrow & Atlatl Dart Fletch Using Duct Tape
Atlatl Rest, Safety Loop & Anti-Gravity Device (AGD)
Joining Two Atlatl Shafts with a Scarf and Tube Method
The Dynamics of Spear Throwing
Simple Atlatl Spear Thrower Construction
Atlatl Spur from the San Francisco Bay Area
Fun with Cattails: The Whip Dart
How to Make a Wooden Canoe Paddle
The Basics of Woodworking with Stone Age Tools
Making a Bone Awl with Stone Tools
Manufacturing Abalone Shell Circular Fish Hook: California's Chumash Style
The Hoko Knife - A quick, simple stone tool
A Performance of Various Pacific Northwest Shell Types as Containters for Melting Pitch
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Primitive Hand Made Reed Flute
Musical Instruments of Central California
Link to "A Charmstone Discovery in the Redwood Forests of Mendocino County, California"
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The Ohlone Peoples: Botanical, Animal and Mineral Resources
Processing Shark Skin into Rawhide
More Than One Way to Skin a Critter (Part I)
More Than One Way to Skin a Critter (Part II)
How to Weave a Basket, a Primer
Rocks, Minerals and Decorative Stones Used by the California Indians
How to Make a Rabbit Skin Blanket
The Ties that Bind and Bindings that Tie
What Knot to Use in a Primitive Situation
Cordage Fiber Shredder Made From Bone
Some Uses of Ermine Moth Caterpillar Silk
Introduction To Tule Ethnobotany
Smoothing with Sand, Even-ing with Equisetum
The Three-Stick Roycroft Pack Frame
Primal Grooming
(Interview with Susan Labiste on Wildebeat.net)
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Was Agriculture a Good Idea,
or an Act of Desperation?
Calendar of Harvesting and Gathering
Gathering Basket Making Materials (videos)
Useful Plants of California (1)
Useful Plants of California (2)
Useful Plants of California (3)
Plants of California: Soap Plant (Chlorogalum pomeridianum)
Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum) - Cordage Fibers
Nature's General Store: The Yuccas and Agaves
Plants of Oceania: Kou (Cordia subcordata)
Hawaiian Plants (a trip to the Big Island)
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I Belong To This Country
(an Australian adventure)
Native California Fall Gathering
at San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area
Australian Aborigine Flint Knapping
Primitive Field Day at Stanford University
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How to Make Your Own Steel Knives
The Miracle of Steel Heat Treatment
Two Bladed Pocket Knife
from PVC and Hacksaw Blades
Alternative Supplies for Urban Dwellers
How to Make a Simple Fire Piston Out of Hardware Store Material
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PrimitiveWays began in 1998 and is produced by
Dino Labiste, Dick Baugh, Bob Gillis, Norm Kidder,
Chuck Kritzon, Ken Peek and Susan Labiste.
E-mail your comments to "Dino Labiste" at KahikoArts@yahoo.com, "Bob Gillis" at bob@shelter-systems.com,
"Richard A. Baugh" at richardbaugh@att.net, "Norm Kidder" at atlatl1@aol.com,"Chuck Kritzon" at chuckk@petroglyphics.com,
"Ken Peek" at kspeek123@att.net or "Susan Labiste" at labiste_s@sbcglobal.net
The excerpts by Steve Watts (President of the Society of Primitive Technology)
summarizes our philosophy on practicing and teaching primitive technology.
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