Tag: Primitive Technology

Primitive Technology: Adobe wall (dry stacked)
- by Cameron Friesen
- 2 months ago
- 100 comments
The thatched hut without walls Digging a pit to mix clay Clay in a dry side creek bank Clay into pit Water in main creek Water into pit Let clay slake then tread into mix Dig puddle to soak brick
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Primitive Technology: Wattle and Daub Hut
- by Cameron Friesen
- 2 months ago
- 100 comments
Building site Shaping a piece of basalt with a quartz hammer stone to form a hand axe Chopping wood with stone hand axe Cut around the base and break the tree down for a clean cut Cut to length Hammer
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Primitive Technology: Tiled Roof Hut
- by Cameron Friesen
- 2 months ago
- 100 comments
Making stone axe Cutting timber for hut Digging post holes Carving mortices in roof beams Fire hardening mortices with coals (strengthens mortices) Fitting mortices of beams on to posts Hammering beams in place Loya cane (a type of creeper) Putting
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Primitive Technology: Forge Blower
- by Cameron Friesen
- 2 months ago
- 100 comments
Fanning fire with piece of Eucalyptus bark Cutting bark with a stone Splitting wood with a stone Assembling fan and rotor Lashing together with strip of bark fiber Fanning fire Digging clay from creek bank Making a fan housing from
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Primitive Technology: Stone Axe (celt)
- by Cameron Friesen
- 2 months ago
- 100 comments
Making a stone axe from scratch Selecting a piece of basalt from the creek bed Breaking smaller pieces off the main stone A large piece flaked off Shaping the cutting edge using a pecking technique Wetting a grind stone and
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How To Make A Prehistoric Flint Axe | Stone Age Technology
- by Cameron Friesen
- 3 months ago
- 23 comments
Hi I’m James, I am here at the Neolithic houses at Stonehenge and I’m about to attempt to make a Neolithic axe head. I’ve got this large piece of flint here. So the first point I’m going to strike is
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How To Make Prehistoric Cheese
- by Cameron Friesen
- 3 months ago
- 100 comments
So we’re here today in one of the replica Neolithic houses at Stonehenge and today we’re going to be trying to make some cheese. I have to Penny Bickle with me from York University. So what is the process and
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Build Swimming Pool Water Slide Around Three – Story Bamboo House
- by Cameron Friesen
- 3 months ago
- 100 comments
Build Swimming Pool Water Slide Around Three – Story Bamboo House
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How To Make Prehistoric Pottery | Stone Age Technology
- by Cameron Friesen
- 3 months ago
- 53 comments
We’re here in the Neolithic Houses at Stonehenge today and I’m going to be making a replica of a Neolithic pot called Grooved Ware. This is the sort of pottery that was made here at the time when Stonehenge was
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Primitive Survival: Cooking Meat on a Rock
- by Cameron Friesen
- 3 months ago
- 100 comments
Cooking on a rock is a method of cooking since ancient times. By putting the rock on the fire the heat will make the meat cooked. This method of cooking will make the meat less dry and tastier when baked
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