Nehawka Primitive Skills

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

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Evidence of Atlatl in N.A.

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 Paleo Indians, in North America, used darts and atlatls to hunt big game such as mammoths and giant ground sloths.  Most of us naturally...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Pressure Flaking

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In April of 2017 a paper was published from the excavations in Sibudu Cave, in KwaZulu-Natal, a province of South Africa.    25 stone point...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Maheffy Cache

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MAHEFFY CACHE:  In 2008 a landscaping crew, on the property of a Boulder, Colorado,  resident uncovered a collection of stone tools in a ho...

Fire Piston

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It’s cold outside, so I’m playing around inside with a FIRE PISTON I got from Dave Danger @ Blackthorn-USA, LLC.   (Please excuse the back...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Backed knives

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BACKED KNIVES are a distinctive tool form from the Paleolithic.  The flakes chosen can be broad and heavy, with cortex still attached on th...
Monday, January 21, 2019

Hafting

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Dana Kern made a comment on a previous post on the Schoningen spears, a set of six wooden pointed javelins, dating back to over 300,000 yea...

Technics of Fire Making

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The ability to make primitive fire, breaks down to several major methods:  percussion, compression, and friction.  Then there are subdivisi...
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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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