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The Bulletin of Primitive Technology

Back Issues #1-10

(Sold Out. Many articles from these back issues were included in the book
Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills)

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Fall 1995: SPT Bulletin #10: Bone, Tooth, & Antler. Sold Out

-Tradition vs. Technology by Norm Kidder
-An Experiential Exercise by David Wescott & David Holladay
-Making Puebloan Bone Awls by Janet Mathews & Leslie Morlock
-Working Hides With Bone and Antler by Tamara Wilder & Steven Edholm
-From The Leg Of The Deer by Roy H. Brown
-Leg-Bone Tools and Art by David Holladay & David Wescott
-Notes on Mat Needles by Chris Morasky
-The Scapular Saw by Norm Kidder
-Making a Reduced Antler Flaker by Steven Edholm
-Antler Billets by Charles Spear
-Fire On Ice by Paul Schweighardt
-Shark Tooth Tools by Robin C. Brown
-Removing The Hooves From Deer by Tamara Wilder
-An Aboriginal Airbrush by Wiley Woods
-Reproduction of Prehistoric Sickles by Manuel Cortina & Javier Preysler
-Indian Angling by Paul D. Campbell
-The Pottery of Mata Ortiz by Anthony Folari
-Bark Canteens by Steve Watts
-Affects of Stone Projectile Points by William R. Perkins
-Making Throw Sticks Fly Straight by Norm Kern
-Sollberger Memorial by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-A 30 Minute Bow by Jim Miller
-Primitive Lifeskills Club by Tycho Holcomb & Colin Adams
-Using Stone Tips by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-Archeon by Maria Louise Sideroff
-Atlatl Elbow by Ray Strischek
- The Art of Nothing by Thomas J. Elpel

Spring 1995: SPT Bulletin #9: Music & Woodwork. Sold Out.

-The Music of Prehistory by Laurence Libin
-Sounds From the Past by Lyall Watson
-The Stones by Maria Louise Sideroff
-What Sound Do Gourds Make by Steve Watts
-Primitive Flutes Made of Bone by Manuel Lizarralde
-Central California Music by Norm Kidder
-California Elderwood Flute by Paul Campbell
-Wing-Bone Whistle by Rob Withrow
-Making a Drum by Robin Brown
-The Chippewa Courting Flute by Randal Kinkade
-The Flageolet by Charles Spear
-Glossary of Musical Instruments by David Wescott
-Shell Trumpets by Steve Watts
-Ancient Wood Carving Kit Cache by Steve Allely
-Northwest Coast Carving by Gregg Blomberg
-Carving Green Wood: NW Coast Ladles by Gregg Blomberg
-Bent-Corner Box Making by Gregg Blomberg
-Making an Elbow Adze by Gregg Blomberg
-Wood Under Stress by Hari Heath
-The Three-Stick Roycroft Pack by Dick Baugh
-Hands-free Vice & Switchblade by George Stewart
-Stone-Tool Quickie Bowby Jim Riggs
-Sticks and Stones by Barry Keegan
-The Hazards of Roadkills by Alice Tulloch
-A Dogbane Net by Jeff Gottleib
-Notes On Polypore Fungi by R. Alan Mounier
-Pomo Netting by Norm Kidder
-Subcutaneous Stitch for Buckskin by Chris Morasky
-Seeing by Jim Allen
-Pop Shaker by Rob Winthrow

Fall 1994: SPT Bulletin #8: At The Waters Edge. Sold Out.

-Traditionalist vs. Modernism by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-Swamp Dancers by Doug Elliot
-Mrs. Kompost's Extraordinary Cattail Leaf Visor by Steve Watts
-Cattail Dolls by Mors Kochanski
-Adventures With the Versitile Tule by Jim Riggs
-A Pomo Tule Doll by Norm Kidder
-The Ancient Art of Split-Willow Sculptureby Thomas J. Elpel
-Palmetto Hat by Ray Bornstein
-Netting Notes by Steve Watts
-Freehand Netting by Mors Kochanski
-Gathering Wild Foods by Jim Miller
-Yucca and Agave Sandals by Paul Campbell
-Hafting Ideas by Virgil Hayes
-The Bronze Age in Grinnell by John Whittaker
-The Holmegaard Bow: Fact & Fiction by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-Slim, Trim, and Paleo-Indian by Vaughn Bryant, Jr.
-Food Gathering Methods by Charles Spear
-Multifunctionality of Pebbles by Sophie de Beaune
-The Sampson Deadfall by James Andal
-Knapping Illustrated by Charles Spear
-Glue: A Book Review by Tamara Wilder
-Roast of the Century by Mark Rosacker & Susan Burneson
-Fire by Norm Kidder
-Fire Materials by Dick Baugh
-Tinder Bundle by Charles Worsham
-Metaphors for Livingby Thomas J. Elpel

Spring 1994: SPT Bulletin #7: Sticks and Stones. Sold Out

-Animals, Art, and Anima by Steve Watts
-A Painted Paleolithic Cave by Jean Courtin & Jean Clottes
-More Light On The Subject: Oil Lamps by Maria-Louis Sideroff
-Artifacts & Ethicsby Thomas J. Elpel
- "Abo Ethics" by Alice Tulloch
-Ethics and Collecting by David Wescott
-Making a "Primitive Primitive" Thrusting Spear by Steve Watts
-Jabbing and Throwing Spears by Scooter Cheatham
-A Mammoth Undertaking by Errett Callahan
-Knife Hafting Techniques by Charles Spear
-A Basketmaker Knife System by David Holladay
-Replicating The Elko Eared Point by Greg Nunn
-Plants by Jim Allen
-Purslane: A Personal Perspective by James Gillaspy, Ph.D
-Plaited Yucca Sandals by Paul Campbell
-Rivercane Arrows by Steve Watts
-Buckskin Babblings by Alice Tulloch
-Secrets of Sinew by Dick Baugh
-Platforms To Prehistory by Jack Cresson
-Hafting and Natural Glues by Charles Spear
-Dodi Ben Ami by Maria-Louise Sideroff
-A 1500's Lenape Indian Village by Chris Stieber & Cindy Dickert

Fall 1993: SPT Bulletin #6: Watercraft. Sold Out.

-Historic Voyagers by Maria Louise Sideroff
-Primitive Fiber Bundle Watercraft: A Materials Primer by Steve Watts
-Mud and Fire: Tools of the Dugout Canoe Maker by Terry Powell
-A Carved Boat From the Northwest Coast by Gregg Blomberg
-The Ancient Coracle by Maria Louise Sideroff
-GA-O-WO: Building an Iroquios Elm Bark Canoe by Michael Kerwin
-Canoe Tree by D.R. Doerres
-Tule Boats by Dick Baugh
-Danish Neolithic Boat Project by Errett Callahan
-Making Fire With A Pump-Drill by Charles Worsham
-Pump-Drills: Their Design, Construction, and Attunement by Anthony Follari
-Some Thoughts on Danish Flint Technology by Michael Stafford
-Updated Fracture Mechanics: From Hertz to Archaeology to Cones by J. B. Sollberger
-Primitive Travel Gear by Matt McMahon
-A Simple Shaving Horse for Bowmaking by Douglas Macleod
-Dealing With Museums by John Whittaker
-Modern Implications of Primitive Maple Sugaring Techniques by Deborah A. Duchon
-Stalking the Wild "One-leggeds" by Jim Miller
-Processing Acorns by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-Making Pitch Sticks by Evard Gibby
-Calories and Economy by Thomas J. Elpel

Spring 1993: SPT Bulletin #5: Stone Tool Technologies. Sold Out.

-A Tapestry of Winter by Carol Hart
-Aboriginal Cookery by Alice Ross
-Make a Mountain Bark Basket by Doug Elliot
-Construction of the Juniper Berry Basket by Jim Riggs
-Introduction to Tule Ethnobotany by Norm Kidder
-Western Wampum by Sylvia Talman & Don Theiler
-Eastern Wampum by Maria-Louise Sideroff
-Celts at Pamunkey and Cahokia by Errett Callahan
-Personal Notes on Celt Use by Larry Kinsella
-Manufacture of Ground Stone Axes by Paul Hellweg
-Greenstone Woodworking Tools by Scott Silsby
-Atlatl Weightsby "Atlatl Bob" Perkins
-Finding Hidden Tracks by Charles Worsham
-The Miracle of Fire By Friction by Dick Baugh
-Don't Be A Knapping Vandal by Curtis Tunnell
-The ABC's of Flintknapping by John Holland
-The Unsung Shelter by Jim Allen
-Medicine Bow Wickiups by Errett Callahan
-Stone Tools Basics: Chart by Steve Watts
-Observations On A Hafted Adze by George Price

Fall 1992: SPT Bulletin #4: Hand-Thrown Projectiles. Sold Out.

-When The People Gather by David Wescott
-Primitive Technology in a Museum Setting by Randy Ledford
-Anasazi by Evard Gibby and Merlin Yost
-Flintknapping, Elitism, and Fracture Geometry by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-Primitive Technology and The "New" Archaeology by Maria Louise Sideroff
-Primitive Hunting Equipment by Scooter Cheatham
-The Non-Returning Boomerang by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-Using Natural Wood Elbows by Ray Rieser
-Tuning a Throwing Stick by Robert Foresi
-Reflections on the Rabbit Stick by Jim Allen
-Southeastern Indian Rabbit Sticks by Steve Watts
-Fending Sticks by Wryley Hunter
-Throwing Darts With The Baton de Commandement by Paul Comstock
-Thong-Thrown Arrows and Spears by Tim Baker
-Great Basin Atlatls by Steve Allely
-Reconstructing A Generic Basketmaker Atlatl by Wryley Hunter
-ATLATLS: Throwing for Distance by Craig Ratzat
-Stealth Technology 1992 B.C. by "Atlatl Bob" Perkins
-Bullroarers by Tom Hacket
-A Fire-By-Friction Set by Ben Walker
-Uses of Birch Bark by Jim Miller
-Tan Your Hides With Nature's Tools by Jim Miller
-The Goysich Hand-drill by Jim Allen
-Technology Notes by Dan Dustin
-Croton Point Weekend Pottery Workshop by Barry Keegan
-A Method for Firing Primitive Pottery by Evard Gibby
-A Pottery Bibliography by Maria Louise Sideroff
-How to Cook in Primitive Pottery (collected writings)

Spring 1992: SPT Bulletin #3: Shelter. Sold Out.

-Sheltered In Prehistory by Steve Watts
-Craftsmen of Necessity by Christopher Williams
-More Than Just a Shelter by Susan Eirich-Dehne
-Development of The Encampment by Susan Eirich-Dehne
-Some Shelter Concepts by Mors Kochanski
-Caddo House Reconstruction: Anatomy of a Project by Scooter Cheatham
-Tools and Materials by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-Hawaiian Lashing Methods by Peter Buck
-Why Build a Traditional House by John & Ela White
-North American House Projects by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-Flevo-Polder Project: Holland 1976 by Edited by Horreus de Haas
- "Rocking On" With the Paiute Deadfall by Jim Riggs
-Trapping: A New/Old Look by Matt McMahon
-The Cause of Arrow Speed by Tim Baker
-Construction Of A Slit-Rib Bone Knife by Steve Watts
-A Cordage Backed Bow by Dick Baugh

Fall 1991: SPT Bulletin #2: Fibers. Sold Out

-The Making of Science (Heaven Forbid!) by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-Honoring Our Shared Heritageby Steve Watts
-Fiber Preparation by David Wescott & John McPherson
-Rediscovering Flax by Evard Gibby
-Agave Fibersby Carrie Wilson & Michael Ryan
-Cordage Making by Steven Edholm & Tamara Wilder
-The Basswood by Phillip D. Moore
-Tumplines, carrying nets and belts by Alice Tulloch
-Caring for old textilesby Deborah G. Harding
-Mummy Varnish, Spruce Gum and Other Sticky Stuff by Scott Silsby
-Make Your Own Hide Glue by Jim Riggs
-Animal and Fish Glues by Jeffery R. Schmidt
-Jr. Abo Camp by John McPherson
-Arctic Archery: Part II by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-Acoma Pueblo Pottery by Maria-Louise Sideroff
-Primitive Pottery Firing by Maria-Louise Sideroff
-Where There's No Tinder by E. J. Pratt
-Your First Primitive Bow by Tim Baker
-Paint It With Pride by Doug Land

Spring 1991: SPT Bulletin #1. Sold Out.

-Contrasting Viewpoints: Does dressing the part detract from Authenticity by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-The Fire Watchersby David Wescott
-Another Thought by John McPherson
-The Society of Primitive Technology Organized by Steve Watts
-The Society as Campfre by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-The Views From the Campfire's Light (Board Member Introductions)
-The Hand-drill Fire by John McPherson
-Understanding Fire by Mors Kochanski
-Introduction to Ceramic Replication by Maria Louise Sideroff
-What's the Color of Your Clay? by Maria Louise Sideroff
-Arrowheads, Tools, Function and Interpretation by Jack Cresson
-Arctic Archery by Errett Callahan, Ph.D

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