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Practicing Primitive - A Handbook of Aboriginal Skills (Paperback)
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Practicing Primitive - A Handbook of Aboriginal Skills (Paperback)
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Practicing Primitive: A Handbook of Aboriginal Skills is a
collection of information and images put together over a
twenty-year period in a search for hands-on communication with our
shared Stone Age past. The story of the Stone Age is our story, and
primitive technology is a way for anyone who wants to understand
that shared history. Watts makes the case that the learning and
practice of aboriginal skills helps us connect with our remote
past, encourages us to participate in the shared inheritance of
primitive ('first') skills. Practicing Primitive includes detailed
instructions on how to make or perform over 65 Stone Age objects or
skills, covering primitive basics such as making axes and food
utensils out of stone, bone, shell, and plant material; bark and
reed shelters; bags and ropes made of bark and leaves; watercraft
out of reeds or bamboo; and much more. Watts covers the
environment, lifestyle, and tool kit of three different stages of
human evolution: the Lower Paleolithic of 2.5 million years ago,
the Middle Paleolithic of 60 thousand years ago, and the Mesolithic
9 thousand years ago. Steven M. Watts, has directed the Aboriginal
Studies Program at the Schiele Museum of Natural History in
Gastonia, North Carolina, since 1984. Steve is currently president
of the international Society of Primitive Technology, which
publishes a biannual journal, The Bulletin of Primitive Technology.
He is the author of many articles dealing with culture and
technology, and served as a consultant on the 20th Century Fox Home
Entertainment movie Cast Away. Steve has an undergraduate degree
from Appalachian State University and a master's degree from Duke
University.
General
Imprint: |
Gibbs M. Smith
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2005 |
First published: |
March 2005 |
Authors: |
Steven M Watts
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Dimensions: |
280 x 215 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-58685-299-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Archaeology >
Industrial archaeology
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LSN: |
1-58685-299-X |
Barcode: |
9781586852993 |
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