Nehawka Primitive Skills

Everyone needs something that gets them excited! I love primitive skills...welcome to my journey.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Novaculite Chert

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You know, I have a really great job. Every year the plant shuts down for a couple weeks over the Christmas and New Years holidays. This h...
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Friday, December 19, 2008

Finished Hafted Stone Heads

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I had a gentleman who wanted me to haft a couple of modern made stone replica heads to handles. These were pictured a couple posts back. ...
Sunday, November 30, 2008

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In a previous post, Rocks and the Great Spirit, dated Nov. 7, 2008...I had included a picture of a Keokuk burlington stone blade I knapped f...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Pecking & Grinding

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Sometime during the early part of the Archaic Period (8000 BC - 1000 BC) it was discovered that fine-grained hardstones and slates, that c...
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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Burlington Chert

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One of the most popular and widespread lithic resources in the central US is burlinton chert. Artifacts of the material have been found thro...
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Friday, November 14, 2008

Fluting Technology

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It is a curious thing that some of the oldest cultural point styles in North America are also the most technically complex dating back 12,0...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Foreshaft Technology

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I was planning putting a couple of light spears together this weekend that I had made some stone points for. One consideration was whether ...
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Mark
Eastern Nebraska, United States
I've been interested in primitive skills ever since I read Larry Dean Olsen's book, Outdoor Survival Skills, decades ago. The past 25 years, or so, I have been striving to learn the skills...flintkapping, hide working, friction fires, edible & medicinal plants, etc. Having gained some proficiency, I have been demonstrating and teaching at historical events and gatherings. It is a never ending journey.
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