SPT Bulletin #18- Fall 1999 - House Building

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: Time Present - Time Past by Steve Watts
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: The Old Rag Archaeology Project by Steve Watts
-HOUSE BUILDING
-What Do We Learn From Building Houses by David Wescott
-ETHNOGRAPHY
-Shelter: A Continuum of Simplicity by Paul Campbell
-PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY
-Earthlodge II by Scott Jones
-LIVING ARCHAEOLOGY
-Learning At The Hearth: Applied Primitive Skills by Steve Watts
-EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY
-Lower Catawba River House Project by Steve Watts
-Methodology and Documentation Errett Callahan
-RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTATION
-Neophytic Notes on Fire by Alan Mounier
-Selecting Bow-drill Components by Christopher Nyerges
-Friction Fire For the Downhearted by Jim Allen
-Ishi Sticks by Errett Callahan
-Atlatl Spurs by Ray Stischek
-Intuitive Physics by Nicholas Chambers
-RESOURCE DIRECTORY: 2000
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-Notes on an Unusual Game String by Henry Koerper
-Tribute to John P. Pfeiffer
-News
-Greens of Winter by Violet Snow
-Tails in Time by Jim Miller
-Northern Arrowwood by Paul Trotta
-BULLETIN BOARD #18 - SPT Member Notices
-Closing the Triangle: A Quest for Rapa Nui

SPT Bulletin #17- Spring 1999 - Fibers

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: The String Revolution by Maria-Louise Sidoroff
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: Quality Public Education by Hank Buchmeyer
-The World is Tied Together Christopher Nyerges
-The Ties That Bind & The Bindings That Tie by Norm Kidder
-Yucca Leaf Lashing by Steve Watts
-Looped String Bags by Bonnie Montgomery
-Androgynous Objects Book Review by Deborah Harding
-Agave & Yucca: Part 2 by Albert Abril
-Useful Roots and Fibers of the Cabbage Palm by Mark Butler
-Dogbane (Apocynum species) by Jeff Gottlieb
-Making Fast Cordage by John Leeds
-U'kuyus Basketry by Allice Tulloch & Judith Polanich, Ph.D.
-Serilla's Chuspa: A Bolivian Textile by Susy Su‡rez
-The Hohokam Cotton Industry by Barbara Gronemann
-EXPERIMENTATION AND RESEARCH
-Southeastern Indian Rivercane Blowgun by Steve Watts
-The Function of Shell Temper in Pottery by Michael K. Budak
-Flintknapper's Syndrome by Errett Callahan & Gene Titmus
-The Bow From Stellmoor: Oldest in the World by Ragnar Insulander
-Bowmaking Tips by Charles Spear
-Fish Poison by Paul Campbell
-RESOURCE DIRECTORY: Spring 1999
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-Leather Preparation and Tanning: Book Review by Matt Richards
-Flint & Steel Challenge by Ken Wee
-Fire By Friction with Damp Wood by Dick Baugh
-Prepared Flake-Core Technique in Patagonia by Hugo Nami
-Nypon Soppa by Lynx Shepherd
-Soy Lecithin Tanning by Ken Wee
-Primitive Softening Tool by Randy Breeuwsma
-The Latest Tanning Tips by Matt Richards
-BULLETIN BOARD #17 - SPT Member Notices
-Tarzan's Creator Muses on Y2K by Edgar Rice Burroughs

SPT Bulletin #16- Fall 1998 - Useful Plants

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: Getting Starged by Christopher Nyerges
-A Worldwide Guide To Nature's Foods by Christopher Nyerges
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: A Developing Gathering Ethicby Steven Edholm and Tamara Wilder
-Mega-Plants by Scooter Cheatham
-Small Seeds by Alice Tulloch
-Staff of Life by Christopher Nyerges
-Orno Experiment by David Holladay
-Sugar and Salt by Paul Campbell
-Sweet Tooth: Best Wild Food Sugars and Desserts by Christopher Nyerges
-The Great Agave Hunt by David Holladay
-Yucca and Agave by Albert Abril
-Thigh-Rolled Cordage by E.J. Pratt
-Stay Clean: Nature's Most Useful Soaps by Christopher Nyerges
-Deep Roots by Scott Jones
-California Digging Sticks by Paul Campbell
-The Story of Kudzu by William Shurtleff & Akiko Aoyagi

-EXPERIMENTATION AND RESEARCH
-Simple Weaving Technique by John Leeds
-Plants of the Gods by Maria-Louise Sidoroff
-Cutting Cattails by Steve Watts
-Birch Bark Basket by John Yost

-Hunting with Primitive Bows by Chris Morasky
-Observations On Goatskin by Vaughn Terpack
-The Back and The Beam by Vaughn Terpack
-Reflections on Stone Tool Reproductions by Hugo Nami
-Earthlodge: A Design by Scott Jones
-Bow Making Charts by Chas. Spear

-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-On The Purpose For Learning Flintknapping by Chas. Spear
-Up in Smoke by Jim Miller
-From Berry to Boat by Tamarak Song
-BULLETIN BOARD #16 - SPT Member Notices

SPT Bulletin #15- Spring 1998 - Ceramics

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: Another Look at Clay by Steven Edholm & Tamara Wilder
-Pottery Construction Sequence and Salvage StrategiesSteve Watts
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: Archaeological Site Reportingby Scott Jones
-CERAMIC EXPERIMENTS
-Laurel Ceramics by Michael Budak
-Organic Paint Sources by Clint Swink
-The Dirt on Color by Steven Edholm & Tamara Wilder
-Problem Solving in Ceramics by Errett Callahan, Daniel Abbot & Kelly Viars
-Sure-Fire Way to Fire Pots by John Olsen
-Recycling a Broken Pot by Steve Watts
-Recreating Peru's Past Pottery by Carol Mackey & Maria-Louis Sidoroff
-Reduction Fired Earthenware by Oliver Kent & David Dawson
-Sherds of Evidence by Jenny Shiels
-News From the Archaic Kitchen by Scott Jones
-Kids and Clay by Jeff Gottlieb

-FROM RESEARCH TO EXPERIMENTATION & APPLICATION
-Feathers, Fashion, and Food by Jill Oakes
-Keewatin-Style Footwear by Jill Oakes
-Building Igloos by Christof Hagen
-Survey of A West Greenland Kayak by Wolfgang Brink

-EXPERIMENTATION AND RESEARCH
-Getting Away in an Elm Bark Canoe by Jim Dina
-Cactus Spine Fish Hooks by Nils Behn
-The Black Gum Tree by Doug Elliot
-Wood Ashes & Hide Tanning by Matt Richards & Michelle Riley

-Cheyenne-style Gaming Basket by Deborah Harding
-Technology of Good Grooming by Paul Campbell
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-Jerusalem Artichoke: Friend or Foe by Jim Allen
-Earth Play, Basket Day by She'om Walker Rose
-Book Review by Deborah Harding
-Book Review by Scott Jones
-Book Review by Maria-Louise Sidoroff

-BULLETIN BOARD #15 - SPT Member Notices
- Figurines of Clay and Stone by Maria-Louise Sidoroff

SPT Bulletin #14- Fall 1997 - Northern Skills. Available.

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: A tribute to Errett Callahan by Steve Watts
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: Circumpolar People
-DUODJI - Sami Handicrfats by Gunvor Guttorm

-PEOPLE OF THE FOREST
-Sami Birch Bark Work by D. A. Torma
-Sapmi: Land of the Sami by Lynx
-Building A Lavvu by Nathan Muus
-The Sami Ghoatti by D. A. Torma
-Sambe Winter Boots by Lynx
-A Northern Birch Bark Lodge by Brent Ladd
-Open Hearth Fire in a Wigwam by Danny August
-Fire in the Boreal Forest by Mors Kochanski
-The Fenno-Ugrian Two Wood Bow by Ragnar Insulander
-Camper's Pampers by Doug Elliot
-The Roycroft Snowshoe by Mors Kochanski and T. A. Roycroft

-PEOPLE OF THE ICE
-Feathers, Fashion, and Food by Jill Oakes
-Keewatin-Style Footwear by Jill Oakes
-Building Igloos by Christof Hagen
-Survey of A West Greenland Kayak by Wolfgang Brink

-EXPERIMENTATION AND RESEARCH
-Care and Storage of Hides by Steven Edholm and Tamara Wilder
-Northern Skills Head South by Scott Jones
-Primitive Weapons by Scooter Cheatham
-Hafting Methods by Virgil Hayes

-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-The Sled by Jim Miller
-Gathering Your Own by Vince Pinto
-A Digueno Sandal by Paul Campbell
-More Roadkill Safety by Evard Gibby

-BULLETIN BOARD #14 - SPT Member Notices

- Adaptability by Thomas J. Elpel

Spring 1997: SPT Bulletin #13: Foods and Cooking. Available

-Turning Back the Clock by Maria-Louis Sidoroff
-Early Man from the American Museum of Natural History
-Pumpkins by Alice Ross
-Picking up Pawpaws by Doug Elliot
-Sweet Acorn Mush by Paul Campbell
-Working with Black Walnuts by Thomas Stock
-The Nutting Stone by Steve Watts
-Persimmon Cuisine by Doug Elliot
-Soapstone Bowls by David Allison
-Bone Chisels by Steve Watts
-Perforated Stone Slabs by Scott Jones
-Primitive Cooking by Norm Kidder
-Those Little Things by Tycho Holcomb
-Drying Food by Molly Miller
-A Pit Bake by Tamara Wilder
-Earth Play-Camas Bake by She'om
-An Oven of Mud and Straw by Scott Kuipers
-Bread Ovens in Syria by Dr. Noor Mulder-Heymans
-Time and Labor Economy - Part 2 by Alice Tulloch
-Rat al Mesquite by Paul Campbell
-Hand Fishing by Doug Elliot
- The Fire Plow by Bart & Robin Blankenship
-Primitive Tanning Tips by Matt Richards
-Spindle Coal Technique by John Leeds
-Pocket-size Plant Press by Evard Gibby
-Native Nutrition: A Review by Jeff Gottlieb
-Wet-Scrape: A Review by Alice Tulloch
-A Leaf-Shaped Biface by Paul Schweighardt
-The Information Gatherersby Thomas J. Elpel

Fall 1996: SPT Bulletin #12: Lower Paleo Tools. Sold Out

-Collective Vision by Catherine St. John, Ph.D
-Handaxes by Lyall Watson
-Lower Paleolithic Tools John J. Shea
-The Lower Paleolithic: 2,000,000 Years Ago by Steve Watts
-Paleo "Bashed Tools" by Charles Spear
-The Bipolar Technique by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-Easy to Make "Pebble" Tools by Paul Hellweg
-from APE #1: Oldowan Abbevillian, Acheulean by Errett Callahan
-A Quick Guide to Old World Tools by Steve Watts
-The Birth of the Biface by Scott Jones
-Handaxemanship by Steve Watts
-Making Cordage by Hand by Norm Kidder
-On the Cutting Edge: Stone Tool Bow Making by Bart & Robin Blankenship
-The Dugout Canoe by Jim Dina
-Brains, Bones, and Hot Springs by Matt Richards
-Wild Plant Economics by Thomas J. Elpel
-Hand-drill Fire Making by Steven Edholm
-Corn Mortar by Steve Watts
- Conquering the Darkness by Benjamin Pressley
-California Trap Diggers by Paul Campbell
-More On Friction Fire by Evard Gibby
-Ready to Use Stone Containers by Jeff Gottlieb
-A Cucurbit Flute by John Lovaas
-The Carrying of Children by Carrie Ryan
-Seeing by Jim Allen

Spring 1996: SPT Bulletin #11: Primitive Technology for Kids. Sold Out

-State of the Society: The First Five Years by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-The Versitile Throwing Stick by Jim Allen
-Teaching Primitive Skills to Children by Wanda DeWaard
-Creating a Low-Tech Atlatl by Charles Spear
-Wildchild: An Evolving Curriculum by Patrick Munson
-Sharing Oldways With the Young by Norm Kidder
-Floating with the Handdrill by Chris Morasky
-What to Teach Kids and Why by Dick Baugh
-Awakening the Primal Storyteller by Robin Moore
-The Bowdrill Fire for Young Kids by Robin Moore
-Ashcakes by Thomas J. Elpel
-Primitive Skills in Today's Schools by Maria Sideroff
-Rudimentary "Fist" Pottery by Charles Spear
-Teach Primitive Skills to Kids Through Scouting by Evard Gibby
-The Underlying Survival Skills of Teaching by Ricardo Sierra
-The Amazing Coal-Burned Spoon by Ricardo Sierra
-Basic Mat-Making for Children by Jeff Gottlieb
-Buckskins For Beginners by She'ome Walker Rose
-Baby Carrying by Carrie Ryan
-Explorer Park's Work Shelter by Daniel Abbott
-The Basics of Biface Knapping: Introduction by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-Yucca Slab Survival Sandals by Paul Campbell
- Card Weaving by Bart & Robin Blankenship
-Making Iroquois-Style Cornhusk Moccasins by Barry Keegan
-Time and Labor Economy Among the Sierra Miwok by Alice Tulloch
-Book Review by Errett Callahan, Ph.D
-Artifact and Project Recording by Dr. Leland Gilsen
-A View From the Ridge by Errett Callahan, Ph.D, SPT president

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