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The SPT Bulletin #30. Fall 2005. Primitive Economics and Trade

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: Growing up Primitive by Ray Echols & Alice Tulloch
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: What is Primitive Technology by Randy Kinkade
A Parable For Experimental Archaeology by Scott Jones
-ECONOMICS
-Hunter-Gatherer Economics by Alice Tulloch
-The Archaeology of Economics by Thomas Ray
-The Economic Effect of Gambling Paul Campbell
-Ishi's Robbery by Alice Tulloch
-Trapping: The Forgotten Provider by Chis Espenshade
-The Versatile Paiute Deadfall and Snare by Ricardo Sierra
-Why Economic Ecological Models Work by Dr. Leland Gilsen
-EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS
-Kootenai River Project II: Part 1 & 2 by Lynx Vilden
-Experiments With Mesoamerican Blade Production by Steve Adams
-Otzi, The Iceman by Vittorio Brizzi
-Kootenai River Project I: Part 6 by Lynx Vilden
-FIRE EXPERIMENTS
-Three-Edged Knife by Steve Adams
-Building A Flexed-Pole Structure by Cameron H. Lanquement
-Studying Finger Flutings by Kevin Sharpe & Leslie Van Gelder
-PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY
-Five-Centimeter Biface by Scott Jones
-The Bow-Drill Revisited by Michael Frank
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-The National Museum of Prehistory, France by Jim Consler
-Dressing For Success by John Leeds
-A Quartz Crystal-Tipped Hand-Drill by Storm
-A Pottery Tutorial by Anthonio Akkermans
-BULLETIN BOARD #30 - SPT Member Notices

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The SPT Bulletin #29. Spring 2005. Adhesives, Paints, & Finishes

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: The SPT Today by David Wescott
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: Reply to Jergen Weiner by Scott Jones
-TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY
-Pitch Glue by Scott Jones
-Another Word on Pitch by Jergen Weiner
-Making Paint: Binders of Native California Paul Campbell
-Green and Blue Pigments of the Chumash by Paul Campbell
-EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS
-Kootenai River Project II: Part 1 & 2 by Lynx Vilden
-Experiments With Mesoamerican Blade Production by Steve Adams
-Otzi, The Iceman by Vittorio Brizzi
-Kootenai River Project I: Part 6 by Lynx Vilden
-FIRE EXPERIMENTS
-Fire-By-Friction With The Waoroni by Miguel (Ommene) de la Iglesia
-Experimenting With Marcasite by Al Cornell
-Making and Using a Fire Thong Apparatus by Barry Keegan
-TECHNOLOGY & CULTURE
-Choctaw Blowgun Darts by Douglas S. Meyer
-Rat Root Revisited by Caren Larrson
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-Bag O'Fire by John Mein
-Get to Know Your Plant Families by Christopher Nyerges
-Megalithic Pilgrimage by Steve Watts
-BULLETIN BOARD #29 - SPT Member Notices

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The SPT Bulletin #28. Fall 2004. Storage, Containers and Storable Foods

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: Storage Quotes from John Coles & Peter Reynolds
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: Storage: An Overview by Norm Kidder
-THOUGHTS ON STORAGE AND CONTAINERS
-Acorn Granaries of California by Norm Kidder
-A Granary Experiment by Michelle Wolfe
-Salt Alice Tulloch
-Containers by Lynx Vilden
-Nature's Containers: They Are Everywhere by Christopher Nyerges
-Primitive Pottery: A Pacific Northwest Perspective - Part 3 by Estabon
-Spruce Roots: Harvest and Preparation by Rebecca Brewer
-Primitive Pack Essentials by Steve Watts
-Public Education and the PaleoKit by Russell Cutts
-Bamboo Cookery by Tom Ray
-STORABLE FOODS
-Manna From Mexico by Paul Decker
-Applied Foraging by Steven Adams
-Edible Blue Camas: Staple Food of the West by John Kallas
-PROJECTS & TECHNOLOGY
-Blades and Blade Technology by Steve Adams
-Experimental Arrow Durability & Impact Test by Jack Cresson
-Native Stone, Bone, Antler and Hide by Cameron Smith
-Wet-Scrape Buckskin: The Soap Soak Method by John Leeds
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-An Intimate Cultural Exchange by Norm Kidder
-Lejre Update, 2004 by Errett Callahan
-Principles of Rabbitstick Flight by Paul Campbell
-BULLETIN BOARD #28 - SPT Member Notices

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The SPT Bulletin #27. Spring 2004. Hunting Technologies

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: The Old Rag Project (1973-2003) by Steve Watts
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: An Open Letter To The Membership by Scott Jones
-SUBSISTENCE AND METHODS
-The Yaak River Hunting Project by Alice Tulloch
-"Hunting" The Suburbs by Jeff Gottlieb, MS
-Stalking the Wild Grasshopper by David Holladay
-The Blowgun As A Hunting Tool by Douglas S. Meyer
-TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY
-The Ugly Bow: How To Make A Bow From Bamboo by Randal S. Kinkade
-A Foolproof Method For Tillering Bows by Richard Baugh
-The Rattlesnake Skin Backed Bow by Joe Dabill
-How To Make a Pretty Darn Good Atlatl by Scott Jones
-A Peruvian Atlatl by John Whittaker
-Making An Iceman-Style Sheath by Steve Adams
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-The Bare-Handed Basket by Norm Kidder
-A Smale-Scale Study on Plant Harvesting by Don Kluever
-Strengthening Gourd Containers by Goude Jones
-The Tribulum or Threshing Sedge-Response to Frank Dayton #26 by Barry Keegan
-People and Things by David Wescott
-Members Respond To Jurgen Weiner's "Friction vs. Percussion" - #26
-BULLETIN BOARD #27 - SPT Member Notices

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The SPT Bulletin #26. Fall 2003. Living with the Weather

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: Tribute to Tomas Johansson by Errett Callahan
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: EXARC by Errett Callahan
-Experimental Archaeology and Earth Skills by David Wescott
-TOO WET; TOO DRY; TOO HOT; TOO COLD
-Friction vs. Percussion by Jurgen Weiner
-Effective Fire Building and Maintenance by Danny August
-A Friction Fire Inquiry: Hand-drill by Storm
-Use Your Head To Make Wet Weather Fires by Jim Riggs
-Ready for a Rainy Day: A Study of Weather Impacts by Alice Tulloch
-Making a Spruce Bark Canoe In The Wilderness by Jim Dina, et. al.
-Winter Canoeing by Jim Miller
-Daily Life - The Kootenai River Project, Part 3 by Lynx Shepherd
-Desert Hygiene by Danny August
-Finding Water by David Holladay
-EXPERIMENTS AND PROJECTS
-A Few Curious Cases of Hide and Seek by John Leeds
-War Clubs of Oceania by Steve Watts
-Primitive Pottery: A Pacific Northwest Perspective by Estabon
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-Clay Bell Hide Smoker by Goode Jones
-Update on Archeon by Errett Callahan
-Books and Videos by David Wescott
-North American Wilderness Instructors Association by Ricardo Sierra
-Escape To The Wilderness by Errett Callahan
-BULLETIN BOARD #26 - SPT Member Notices
-Nature as Wallpaper by Thomas J. Elpel

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SPT Bulletin #25 - Spring 2003. Fishing Technologies

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: In Celebration of Mentors by David Wescott
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: The Metaphors of Wilderness by Christopher Nyerges
-A Field Guide To Starting a Primitive Skills Group by Kevin Haney
-Teaching The Skills of Survival by Ricardo Sierra
-FISHING - ETHNOGRAPHY & PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY
-Living Archaeology, Anadromous Fish, and Middle Woodland Indians by Bill Schindler
-Primitive Fishing Methods by Scott Kuipers
-Ticklin' Trout by Mark P. Radz
-Fishing Related Excerpts - Catawba Hunting, Trapping and Fishing by Frank Speck
-Backwater Lakes by Steve Watts
-Bark "Log" Fish Trap by Steve Watts
-Bamboo Fish Spear by Mike Frank
-One-Piece Antler Harpoon Point by Steve Watts
-A Speculative Fishing Kit by Hawk Clinton
-Primitive Fish Hooks by Steve Watts
-Spears, Weirs, and Traps by Norm Kidder
-Primitive Fishing Line Floats by Steve Watts
-Fishing Poisons by Chuck Kritzon
-Ajumawi Fish Traps by Dino Labiste
-Primitive Fishing Staff/Stringer by Steve Watts
-Making and Using a Willow Fish Trap by Barry Keegan
-The Yucca Casting Net by Bart Blankenship
-FROM THE EARTH
-The Snapping Turtle: Chelydra serpentine by Jeff Gottlieb
-Gather Fresh Asparagus, Broccoli, and Corn From Cattails by John Kallas
-An Introduction to Bird Tracks by Mark Elbroch
-EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS
-Exploring the Horizons of Mycophagy by Storm
-Bamboo Cookery by Thomas Carter Ray
-Tools and Bindings - The Kootenai River Project Part 3 by Lynx Shepherd
-An Evaluation of Three Argilite Tools by Bill Schindler
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-The Fire Saw: Another Friction Fire Technique by Dick Baugh
-The Bamboo Fire Saw by Barry Keegan
-BULLETIN BOARD #25 - SPT Member Notices

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SPT Bulletin #24 - Fall 2002. Gifts From The Earth

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: Domestication of The Species by Steve Watts
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: To Reach Into Your Heart by Carol Hart
-AGRICULTURE/HORTICULTURE
-Was Agriculture a Good Idea by Norm Kidder
-Fire and The Traditional Garden by Jim Dina
-Antlers In The Garden by Steve Watts
-Planting For The Future by Clayton Brascoupe
-Mortar and Pestle by Paul Campbell
-Primitive Gourdcraft by Scott Jones
-Silviculture by Errett Callahan
-FROM THE EARTH
-Subsistence Patterns
-The Adventure Of Learning About Wild Foods by Christopher Nyerges
-Food Sources of The Kootenai River Project by Lynx Shepherd
-Primitive Traveling Kit by Matt Graham
-Pottery Firing in Peru by Maria-Louise Sidoroff
-How to Paint a Mammoth by Chuck Kritzon
-A Pigment Processing Slab by Sophie A. De Beaune
-EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS
-The Burial Mound Project by Steve Watts
-This Old House by Michael Litchford
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-Notes On Fire by Vince Pinto
-Knapping Notes by Jack Cresson
-The Tsirk Challenge by Errett Callahan
-Tie One On In The Wild by Jim Miller
-Elder: A Useful Tree Found Worldwide by Christopher Nyerges
-Supplies For the Urban Abo by Chuck Kritzon
-In Memorium: Desmond Clark
-BULLETIN BOARD #24 - SPT Member Notices

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SPT Bulletin #23 - Spring 2002. International Projects

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: The President's Address by Steve Watts
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: Primitive Technology Revisited Again by David Wescott
-Peter Reynolds A Dedication
-PIONEERS
-I Built a Stone Age House by Jay Anderson
-Lejre Today by Janet Snyder
-Butser Ancient Farm by Jay Anderson
-Welcome to Butser Ancient Farm by Butser.org
-The Beginnings--Living Archaeology or Applied Technology by Jay Anderson
-The Pamunkey Indian Museum Displays by Errett Callahan
-An Interview With Hans de Haas by Steve Watts & Dave Wescott
-Hans de Haas: The Gentle Giant by Errett Callahan
-EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATION
-Conducting Lithic Experiments by Jacques Pelegrin
-German Experimental Archaeology by Jurgen Weiner & Karen Drechsel
-Old Scotness Broch In The Shetland Islands by Alice Tulloch
-Fish Skin As A Prehistoric Material by Lucy Williams & Dr. Linda Hurcombe
-Fish Skin Bags by Jim Miller
-EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY - PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY
-Smashing Success: Pleistocene Lithic Replication by Scott Jones
-The Kootenai River Stone Age Living Project by Lynx Shepherd
-Paleolithic Lamps and Their Specialization: A Hypothesis by Sophie A. De Beaune
-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
-Notes On A Traditional Ainu Vessel Replica by Cameron Smith & Peter Panek
-I Belong To This Country by Dick Baugh
-Future Camps: One Model For Preserving Culture by Denise Ashman
-Ethnography by David Wescott
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-Quartz Comments by Scott Jones
-The Tulloch Challenge by Goode Jones
-The Tuning of Atlatl Darts by Errett Callahan
-BULLETIN BOARD #23 - SPT Member Notices

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SPT Bulletin #22 - Fall 2001. Fire And Its Uses

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: By The Fire by Steve Watts
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: A Shared Accountability by David Wescott
-FIRE APPLICATIONS
-The Handdrill Fire by Paul Campbell
-Mastering The Hand-Drill by Chris Nyerges
-The Hand-Drill Revisited by David Wescott
-Hand-Drill Fires for the Wee Folk by Danny August
-Tried and True Bow-Drill Materials from the S.E. by Steve Watts
-Some Uses of Fire by Norm Kidder
-At The Hearth of Aboriginal Australia by Denise Ellen Ashman
-Small-Scale Thermal Alteration by Scott Jones
-A Burned Flint Experiment by Errett Callahan
-A Small-Scale Primitive Pottery Firing Strategy by Steve Watts
-Steam Bending Wood by Norm Kidder
-Arrow Straightening by Dick Baugh
-RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION
-Gnawing Desire: The Role of Beavers in Prehistoric Culture by Scott Jones
-Drilling Technology by Jeff Gottlieb
-A New Idea: Compression-Hafted Drill by David Holladay
-Compression Hafted Knife by Jack Cresson
-Wooden Billets by Jack Cresson
-Wooden Pressure Flakers by Scott Jones
-Brain Tanned Buffalo Hidesby Marcus Klek
-Micro Blade Knapping by Hugo Nami
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-Quick Access Quiver by Goode Jones
-The Tulloch Challenge by Norm Kidder
-Craft or Art by Errett Callahan
-From the Kitchen to Camp by Chuck Kritzon
-Learning About Acorns by Christopher Nyerges
-Pound Ridge Project Revisited by B.W. Powell
-Mate by Charles Spear
-Primitive Fishing by James Willer
-BULLETIN BOARD #22 - SPT Member Notices

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SPT Bulletin #21 - Spring 2001. Lithic Technology

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: The State of Flintknapping by Jack Cresson
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: Setting the Stage by David Wescott
-PROJECTS AND APPLICATIONS
-The Grey Ghosts of Gustine by Joyce Ann Harwood
-Bryan Rinehart's Tools and Home by Errett Callahan
-Quarry Spalling: The Fine Art of Massive Fracture by Scott Jones
-A Short History...of the Short History ...of a Slate Knife by Steve Watts
-How a Chumash Cert Knife Was Constructed by Joe Dabill
-Points of Light, Dreams of Glass: An Introduction to Vitrum Technology by Ray Harwood
-Lithic Challenge by Alice Tulloch
-The Hoko Knife by Dick Baugh
-A Stone Point Testimonial by Tom Ranney
-The Versatile Leaf Point by Steve Watts
-RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION
-Archeological Evidence of Rotator Cuff Injury by Errett Callahan
-Replication, Use and Repair of an Arrowhead by Peter Kelterborn
-Just Scraping By: Beyond the Biface Bias by Scott Jones
-Striking Flakes From a Core - Direct Percussion by Steve Watts
-Quickie Rawhide Burden Basket by Goode Jones
-Alternative Hide-Stretch Lacing Method by Goode Jones
-Scandanavian Bark Shoes: Birchbark vs. Basswood by Barry Keegan
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-The "T" or "Clip" Type Deadfall Trigger by Tom Cartwright
-Lessons From Stone Age Living by Chris Morasky
-Flint and Steel Challenge: Concluded by Ken Wee
-Fur Brain Tanning by George Michaud
-Starting Your Own Wilderness Program by Ricardo Sierra
-Percussion and Pressure Tips by Chas. Spear
-BULLETIN BOARD #21 - SPT Member Notices