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The SPT Bulletin #38. Fall 2009. Tropical Skills This issue only available by subscription

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: It All Depends - Being Where You Live by Norm Kidder
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: by Scott Jones
-Tropical Prehistoric Florida by Robin Brown
-Tropical String, Cordage and Rope by Robin Brown
-The Key Marco Finds by Robin Brown
-The Key Marco Atlatl by Bob Perkins
-In Ages Past by Christopher Stills
-A Coconut Frond Basket by Doug Elliott
-Granite Spheres of Caño Island by Jonathan Miller Weisberger
-The Fire Piston by Wyatt R. Knapp
-Distribution of Oriental Fire Pistons by Henry Balfour
-The Ti Plant Called Ki by Dino Labiste
-Killing Meat Softly by Greg Weiss
-Fishing With Hawaiin Plants by Dino Labiste
-People of the rain Forest by Hazen Audel and Greg Weiss
-Sharkskin Rawhide by Dino Labiste
-PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY PAGES
-Cultural Evolution by Thomas J. Elpel
-A New Look at Friction Fires by Berkley Walker
-The Role of Fire in the Domestication of Man by Al Cornell
-EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS
-Threads, Ropes and Technical Approaches by Toomai Boucherat
-A Very Old Adventure by Toomai Boucherat
-MEMBERS RESPOND
-Review of liveArch Guide by Maria-Louise Sidoroff, Ph.D.
-ArchaeologyFest 2009 by Maria-Louise Sidoroff, Ph.D.
-The Thames Atlatl by Bob Perkins
-ULLETIN BOARD #38 - SPT Member Notices

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The SPT Bulletin #37. Spring 2009. Health and Nutrition

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: What We Learn From the Primitives by David Wescott
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: A Parable- A Message from the Editor
-Weston A Price: A Search for True Health by Ryan Koch
-Talking Nutrition with a Wild Man by Ryan Koch
-Paleolithic Nutrition and Primitive Skills by Tom Cartwright
-The Reality of Food in the Bush by Stuart Goring
-Evolution of Hunting Sticks by Steve Watts
-Indian Super Soil by Walter H. Mehring III
-Rabbit Sticks from Tidewater Virginia by Steve Watts
-What's in Your Medicine Bag by Ryan Leech
-Ishi's Recovery by Richard Burrill
-EXPERIMENTAL ARCHEOLOGY
-The Old Rag Symposium: A Discussion by Bill Schindler
-Interpreting Prehistoric Structures Through Modeling and Replication by Mark Butler
-PROJECT REPORTS
-Throwing Bird Hunting Sticks and Boomerangs by Luc Bordes
-Atlatl Technology: Some Further Reflections by Scott Jones
-MEMBERS RESPOND
-Ozarks Lithics Project by Larry Kinsella
-One-Handed Bow-Drill by Tom Wax
-Education of a Flintknapper by Michael Frank
-Ramie Fiber String & Rope by Clayton Carter
-A Quickie Primitive Dart by Doug Meyer
-The Buffalo Penetration Test by Breck Crystal
-BULLETIN BOARD #37 - SPT Member Notices

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The SPT Bulletin #36. Fall 2008. Transportation

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: A Modern Primitive Perspective on Transportation by Scott Jones
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: A Time To Travel by David Wescott
-TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL
-Ahnkuttie - Animating a Hide-on-Frame Greenland-style Qayaq by Kilii Yu
-Migrations - A View Afoot by Alice Tulloch
-Riding the Reed Ponies of Peru by Norm Kidder and Jan Southworth Kidder
-Buildng a Cree-Style Freight Toboggan by David Wescott
-The Walking Stick - Diversity in Unity by Steve Adams
-Navigation Skills by Keith Badger
-Into Wilder Places by Tom Mancke
-Marked, But Unharmed by Stuart Goring
-REGIONAL PROJECTS
-Paths of Fire by Scott Jones
-Living With Scorpians In the Southwest Desert of Arizona by Peter Bigfoot
-The Rocky Mountain Snow Trench by Scott Kuipers
-PROJECT REPORTS
-The Bamboo Fire Saw by Al Cornell
-The Hoko Knife Revisited by Chuck Kritzon
-Pine Pitch Strength by John Waltz
-MEMBERS RESPOND
-A Thought on the Dry Removal of Dogbane Fibers by Geoffrey Budge
-The Atlatl - A Modern Adaptation by Clayton Carter
-Bow's Two-Spindle Fire Board by Allan "Bow" Beauchamp
-Psychology and Satyr by Stuart Goring
-On Learning About Wild Plants by Christopher Nyerges
-BULLETIN BOARD #36 - SPT Member Notices

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The SPT Bulletin #35. Spring 2008. Games and Amusements

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: It's Only a Game by Scott Jones
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: A Serious Look at Fun and Games by Norm Kidder
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: The Play Way by David Wescott
-GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS
-Native California Toys and Games by Chuck Kritzon
-Da, Ka-nadagiza by Albert Abril
-Stick Dice by Norm Kidder
-Ghingskoot by Albert Abril
-Corn Cob Darts by Steve Watts
-Cedar and Cattail Doll by Chuck Kritzon
-EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIMENT
-Experimental Archaeology and Experiential Education Abroad by Henry Glick
-The Use of Open Air Museums in Archaeology by Roland Paardekooper
-Living Together: The Primitive Art of Social Interaction by Lynx Vilden
-EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS
-Tinders Compared: Using Three Different Methods of Fire-Making by Barry Keegan
-Internal Friction of Bow Limbs by Dick Baugh
-Best Bow-Drill Spindles by Michael Frank
-PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY PAPERS
-Before Don Crabtree There Was Halvor Skavlem by John Whittaker
-Making Petroglyphs at Bushy Hill by Erick Becker
-"If They Come, We Will Build It": The Bushy Hill Dolmen Story by Erick Becker
-MEMBERS RESPOND
-Primitive Skills Gatherings by Natalie Nicolette and Kaleb Wallace
-The Angeles National Forest Mystery Rock by Christopher Nyerges
-Can You Graduate From the School of Rock? by Ricardo Sierra and Barry Keegan
-Basic Training: An Opinion by Errett Callahan
-A Couple of Tools For Arrow-Making by Geoffrey Budge
-BULLETIN BOARD #35 - SPT Member Notices

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The SPT Bulletin #34. Fall 2007. Primitive Woodslore

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: Honoring Woodslore by David Wescott
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: Please Read by Scott Jones
-Primitive Technology Papers
-Going Wild: Organizing a Primitive Living Experiment by Alice Tulloch
-Hearth and Home: An Experiment in Getting Close to our Roots by Keith Badger
-Putting the Wood in Woodcraft by Scott Jones
-Examining the "Combustion Point as it Relates to Fire by Friction" by Al Cornell
-The Miracle of Fire-by-Friction, Revisited by Dick Baugh
-Wild Smoke by Steve Adams
-Bow Drill Cordage by Tom Wax
-Tracking as Inscribed Woods Lore by Keith Badger
-Rocks in the Fire by Scott Jones
-Using the Soft Hammerstone: The Tool of the West by Greg Nunn
-Sculpting Soft Stone: Stone Age Incision, Abrasion, and Drilling Techniques by Storm
-Southwest Style Primitive Pottery Workshop Photo Essay by Estabon
-Lost in the Woods by Steve Adams
-Blazes and Signs by Ernest Thompson Seton
-Solar Navigation by Rob Bicevskis
-Improvised Blowguns and Darts by Douglas Meyer
-MEMBERS RESPOND
-The Passing of a Legend by Errett Callahan
-Remembering Doug Waldorf by Steve Watts
-Throw This Article by William R. Perkins
-BULLETIN BOARD #34 - SPT Member Notices

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The SPT Bulletin #33. Spring 2007. Megalithics

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: To the SPT Membership by Scott Jones
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: Among the Stones by Steve Watts
-MEGALITHICS
-Modern Megalithics by Scott Jones
-An Illustrated Megalithic Glossary by Steve Watts
-Calculating the Weight of Stone by Rob Roy
-Circles in Stone: Book Review by Steve Watts
-A Neolithic Love Affair by Rob Roy
-How to Find True North by Rob Roy
-Laying Out a Circle by Rob Roy
-The Rabbitstick Stones Photos by David Wescott and Dr. Julian
-Levers, Rollers, Stoneboats and A-Frames by Rob Roy
-Like Stonehenge, But Smaller by Eric Becker
-Sermons In Stone by Tom Mancke
-America's Stonehenge by Joanne Lambert
-EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS
-Flinknapping and Intuitive Mathematics Steve Adams
-Mesolithic Blade Production Workshop Photos by David Wescott
-An Axe From a Boar's Tooth by Diederik Pomstra
-Power Tools of the Lower Paleolithic by Steve Watts
-Really, Really Old Toe Bone Whistle by Goode Jones
-The Arctic/Sub-Arctic Strap Drill by Al Cornell
-PROJECT REPORTS & PAPERS
-Prehistoric Images and Medicines Under the Sea by Jean Clottes
-Ecology For Abos: Eat Low on the Food Chain by Jeff Gottlieb
-Observations With Primitive Hunting Tools by Matt Graham
-Stalking; Survival Skills of Native California by Paul Campbell
-MEMBERS RESPOND
-Confessions of a Compulsive Hunter/Gatherer by Patrick Farneman
-President's Farewell Address by Steve Watts
-Modifying Figure Four and Paiute Deadfalls by Barry Keegan
-Notes on Experimental Archaeology in Europe by Daniel Dybowski
-The Horse That Ran Away by Christopher Nyerges
-BULLETIN BOARD #33 - SPT Member Notices

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The SPT Bulletin #32. Fall 2006. Clothing

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: The Ember's Glow by Steve Watts
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: Clothing Revisited by Dave Wescott
-CLOTHING
-How Does the Modern Primitive Dress by Scott Jones
-As Atlas of Primitive Clothing by Evard Gibby
-Iceman's Belt by Chuck Kritzon
-Headgear by Steve Watts, with photos by Dawn Russell
-Fur Hats For Northern Climates by Dawn Russell
-Buckskin Babblings.... Revisited by Woniya Thibault
-Barefootin' by Scott Jones
-Wearing The Buffalo Robe by Marcus Klek
-Rabbitskin Blanket by Sonny Baba
-EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS
-Fire Starting in Tropical Rain Forests Al Cornell
-The Effects of Cooking Time on Pitch Glue by Tim Manney
-Making Pitch Glue by Norm Kidder & David Wescott
-Another Use for Sumac by Jack Cresson
-Usefulness of Polypore in Primitive Fire Building by Storm
-A Simple Experiment with Fire and Wood by Jack Cresson
-PROJECT REPORTS
-The 8 Minute Adze by Eric Becker
-Pine Bark Water Container by Keith Badger
-PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY PAPERS
-May The Circle Be Unbroken by Christopher Nyerges
-Little Seeds by Dawn Russell
-Stalking the Wild Track by Christopher Nyerges
-Making a Soaproot Brush by Norm Kidder & David Wescott
-Human Technology Timeline by Storm
-Stone Projectile Point Reproduction by Dan Dybowski
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Reviews and Releases
-BULLETIN BOARD #32 - SPT Member Notices

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The SPT Bulletin #31. Spring 2006. Basketry

-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: Emergency Preparedness by Steve Watts
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: Homo sapiens: A Basket Case by Norm Kidder
-BASKETRY
-How To Weave a Basket: A Primer by Norm Kidder
-Birch Bark Baskets by Dawn Russell Hinter
-Birch Bark Bucket/Container/Kettle by Caren Larson
-Miwok and Paiute Pedestal Baskets of Yosemite by Alice Tulloch
-Kiaha: O'odham Burden Basket by Albert Abril
-Pine Needle Baskets by Dawn Russell Hinter
-Construction of a Tule Mat Sleeping Pad by Susan Witmore
-Coppicing: A Cultural Thread by Dino Labiste
-PROJECT REPORTS
-Otzi's Bow by Dick Bauch, Vittorio Brizzi, Tim Baker
-Tame Hunter/Gatherers and Wild Food by Diederik Pomstra
-Mesolithic Axe-Maker's Workshop - Lejre Report by Steve Watts
-EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS
-The "Simple Hand-Drill Is Not So Simple by Al Cornell
-Nuts About You by Linda Abbey
-Candlewick Experiment by Kamber and Patrick Farneman
-The Granary Experiment Revisited by Gillian E. Newell and Malia C. Hanshaw
-PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY PAPERS
-Atlatl Darts: The Long and the Short of It by Scott Jones
-The Sling in Medieval Europe by Chris Harrison
-Wild Plant Stewardship by Steve Adams
-Quilling by Steve Adams
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-Medicinal Plants by Cat Farneman
-Favorite Things by Scott Jones
-30 Years in the Jungle by Christopher Nyerges
-BULLETIN BOARD #31 - SPT Member Notices