Primitive technology II : ancestral skills

Wescott, David, 1948- (Added Author). Society of Primitive Technology. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1586850989 :
ISBN: 9781586850982
ISBN: 1586850989 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781586850982 :
Physical Description: print
ii, 248 p. : ill ; 28 cm.
Publisher: Layton, UT : Gibbs Smith, c2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Articles reprinted from issues 1-10 of The Bulletin of Primitive Technology.

Formatted Contents Note:

Section 1 Introduction: Searching The Past -- When the People Gather / David Wescott -- Collective Vision and Our Evolving Culture / Catherine St. John -- Metaphors For Living: Questing For Insights / Tom Elpel -- Primitive Technology and The "New" Archaeology / Maria-Louise Sidoroff -- Field Archaeology / John White -- Random Thoughts on Tradition vs. Technology / Norm Kidder -- Artifacts and Ethics / Thomas J. Elpel -- Ethics and Collecting: A Question / David Wescott -- Section 2 Food Sources: Eating To Live -- Slim, Trim and Paleo-Indian: Why Our Diets Are Killing Us / Vaughn Bryant, Jr. -- Wild Plant Economics / Thomas J. Elpel -- Roast of the Century: Mescal and The Mescalero Apache / Mark Rosacker, Susan Burneson -- Burning and Scraping: A Southeastern Indian Corn Mortar / Steve Watts -- Aboriginal Cookery / Alice Ross -- Various Food Gathering Methods / Charles Spear -- Trapping: Take A New/Old Look / Matt McMahon -- "Rocking On" With The Paiute Deadfall: Its Prehistory, Construction and Use / Jim Riggs -- Sampson Post Deadfall / James Andal -- Reflections On a Rabbit Stick / Jim Allen -- Southeastern Indian Rabbit Sticks / Steve Watts -- More On Rabbit Sticks / David Wescott --