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The SPT Bulletin #42. Fall 2011.
-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: Steppe By Step by Norm Kidder
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: The SPT Mission by William Schindler
-A Brain in a Box on a Shelf by Thomas J. Elpel
-PROJECTS & REPORTS
-How To Bust a Nut by Bill McConnell
-Toggling Head Harpoons by Kiliii Yu
-2009 Kayak Build - Photo Essay by Patrick Farneman
-Stone Age Spear Throwers - Part 2 by Paul Campbell
-A Study of Traditional Throwing Stick and Boomerang Tuning by Luc Bordes
-The Teshoa Flake by Paul Campbell
-A One-Piece Medium-Length Inflexible Atlatl from a Single Bashed Stone by Paul Campbell
-Grass Ropes: The Human Rope-Making Machine by Thomas J. Elpel
-The Search For Cliff Agate Bog by John Olsen
-Bushmen Food Processing by Dr. Leland Gilsen
-The Miracle of Steel Heat Treatment by Dick Baugh
-A Quck Way to Make Mesolithic Archery Tackle by Diederik Pomstra
-A Deadfall Trap Trigger by Steve Watts
-Bark Flywheel Pump-Drill by Barry Keegan
-Baskets & Mats / Twining & Coiling Posters by Errett Callahan
-It Only Takes a Spark by Doug Meyer
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Interviews, Reviews and News Releases
-SURVIVING: Skills or Heart? by Errett Callahan
-Upper Chinook Fire Making by Albert Mohr and L.L. Sample
-Tanning Skins the Stone Age Way by Miika Vanhapiha
-EXARC Report by William Schindler
-Stages of Clovis Biface Reduction, Revised by Errett Callahan
-BULLETIN BOARD #42 - SPT Member Notices
The SPT Bulletin #41. Spring 2011.
-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-New Face of the SPT by Scott Jones, SPT President
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: Unique Technology by Kirt Manning
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: Why Primitive Skills by Kiliii Yu
-Skiing In The Shadow of Genghis Kahn by Nils Larsen
-EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS
-Rock Tripe: Food of Desperation by Larry Buege
-Neolithic Bone Beamers From Hungary by Markus Klek
-Frozen In Time: The Iceman Quiver by Guy R. Neal
-Wax Myrtle Candles by Steve Adams
-Tree Harvesting with Spontaneous Tools by Norm Kidder
-Punching a Hole in Blowgun Theories by Doug Meyer
-Bipolar Flakes by Daniel Dybowski
-PROJECTS / REPORTS
-Hexagonal Plaiting - The "Star" Weave Basket by Margaret Mathewson
-Miniature Atlatl by Dr. Leland Gilsen
-Stone Age Spear Throwers: Part I by Paul Campbell
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Interviews, Reviews and News Releases
-Hans De Haas - An Interview by Diederik Pomstra
-REARC Report by Mark Butler
-A Pretty Good Handle by Diederik Pomstra
-Final Journey, The Passining of Thorbjorn Petersen by Errett Callahan
-Gene Titmus, A Legendary Figure in Idaho Archaeology by James C. Woods
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The SPT Bulletin #40. Fall 2010.
Plain, Prairie, and Steppe
-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: Steppe By Step by Norm Kidder
-PLAIN, PRAIRIE, AND STEPPE
-Experimental Home On The Prairie by Larry Kinsella
-The Neolithic Clapper-Ring Needle by Fabienne Medard and Toomai Boucherat
-Prairie Grasses Used For Food By Native Americans by Randy J. Mercurio
-On The Trail of Genghis Kahn by Mori Costantino
-Gastroliths As Artifacts by Scott Jones
-Turkey Talk Tech On The Piedmont Prairie by Steve Watts
-Desert Grassland Conical Wickiup by Steve Watts
-Prairies, Plains, and Steppes
-MORE ON HEALTH AND NUTRITION
-Habitat and Health by Lanie Johnson
-Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers Key to Modern Health Problems by Marc Smeehuijzen
-The Role of Wild Plants in Health Promotion by Arthur Haines
-EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS
-Green Wood Carving With Stone Age Tools by Norm Kidder
-Documentation Strategies for Experimental Research by Bill Schindler
-The Production of Birch Pitch by Diederick Pomstra and Roel Meijer
-Splitting Twin Throwing Sticks by Luc Bordes
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Reviews and Releases
-A Deadfall Trap Trigger by Steve Watts
-The First Annual Buckeye Gathering by Genine Coleman & Rusty Sparks
-Got Buckskin Scraps? by Jerry LaVelle
-Grow Your Own Bow String by Dick Baugh
-Fire From Green Material by Matthew Hunt
-Great Resources
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The SPT Bulletin #39. Spring 2010. Desert Technologies
-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: In Search of Master Teachers by David Wescott
-DESERT TECHNOLOGIES
-Looking Closer at Basketmaker Atlatls and Darts Chuck LaRue
-A Case For Southwestern Grooved Axes by David Holladay
-Response to Holladay by Larry Kinsella
-Prehistoric Trap Systems of Northern Arizona by Tony Nester
-A Natural Bucket by Paul Campbell
-Wooden War Clubs Paul Campbell
-Ostrich Egg Canteens by Vincent Pinto
-Distilling Seawater: An Experiment by David Wescott
-Desert Plants for Hand-Drill by Tom Wax
-The Wood That Sings by Diane Dittenmore
-EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS
-From Flint to Fish - A Stone Age Challenge by Steve Watts
-Primitive Bakery Steve Watts
-PROJECT REPORTS
-Fresh-Scrape Braintan Buckskin Tutorial by Patrick Farneman
-Ice Man Sheath, 0 BP by Daniel Firehawk Abbott
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Reviews and Releases
-Undercut Your Notch by Scott Kuipers.
-Milestones and Skills Meets by Russell Cutts.
-Three-Edged Knife by Steve Adams
-BULLETIN BOARD #39 - SPT Member Notices
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The SPT Bulletin #38. Fall 2009. Tropical Skills
-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 SKILLS
-Tropical Prehistoric Florida Robin Brown
-Tropical Cord, String, 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 Cano Island by Jonathon 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 Hawaiian Plants by Dino Labiste
-People of the Rain Forest - Photo Essay by Hazen Audel and Greg Weiss
-PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY PAPERS
-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
-PROJECT REPORTS
-Throwing Bird Hunting Sticks and Boomerangs by Luc Bordes
-Atlatl Technology: Some Further Reflections by Scott Jones
-EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS
-Threads, Ropes and Technical Approaches by Toomai Boucherat
-A Very Old Adventure Toomai Boucherat
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Reviews and Releases
-Review of liveArch Guide by Maria-Louis Sideroff Ph.D.
-Archaeology Fest 2009 by Maria-Louis Sideroff Ph.D.
-The Thames Atlatl by Bob Perkins
-BULLETIN 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
-HEALTH AND NUTRITION
-Weston A. Price: A Search for True Health 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
-Navigation Skills by Keith Badger
-What's in Your Medicine Bag by Ryan Leech
-Ishi's Rediscovery 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: Reports, Reviews, and Releases
-Ozarks Lithics Report by Larry Kinsella
-One-handed Bow-DrillTom 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 and Travel
-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: A Modern Primitive Perspective on Transporation 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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-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
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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
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SPT Bulletin #20- Fall 2000 - Transportation
-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: Living History as Research by Jay Anderson
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: What is Mastery by Errett Callahan
-AFLOAT
-Construction and Sailing Characteristics of a Pre-Columbian Raft Replica by Cameron Smith and John Haslett
-Bamboo Raft Project by Steve Watts
-Building a Birch-Bark Canoe by Jim Miller
-AFOOT
-Travel Among California Indians by Paul Campbell
-Putting on the Miles: A Test of Traditional Sandalwear by Matt Graham
-ABOUT
-Legends of the Fall Line: Geography of Transportation by Scott Jones
-A Rawhide and Willow Burden Basket by Steve Watts
-Horse Transportation on the Northern Plains by Lynx Shepherd
-RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION
-Experiments With Danish Mesolithic Microblade Technology by Errett Callahan
-Evidence Supporting the Use of the Atlatl as a Primary Procurement Weapon of Prehistoric America by William R. Perkins
-Bark Tanning by Matt Richards
-Bipolar Percussion by Steve Watts
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-The Promentory Peg by George Michaud
-Bark-Tan Babblings Revisited by Matt Richards
-Walking With Ishi by Joyce Ann Harwood
-Fire-by-Friction Methods of the Australian Aborigines by Dick Baugh
-The Stone Saw by Norm Kidder
-BULLETIN BOARD #20 - SPT Member Notices
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SPT Bulletin #19- Spring 2000 - Clothing
-SOCIETY BUSINESS: News for the Membership
-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
-THE FIRE WATCHERS: Time Travelers by Steve Watts
-A PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: Clothing, Footwear, and Adornment by David Wescott
-BODY ART
-Marks of Identity - by Maria Louise Sidoroff
-CLOTHING
-The Cedar: Peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast by Caren Larrsen
-A Basin Sage Brush Skirt and Top by Evard Gibby
-Felting By Hand by Jack Fee
-The Rabbit Skin Blanket by Paul Campbell
-FOOTWEAR
-Iceman's Shoes by Charles Spears
-Ft. Rock Cave Sage Brush Sandals by Steve Alleley
-Early Woodland Vegetal Fiber Slippers by Joan Miller
-Rivelins, Pampooties, and Brogues by Alice Tulloch
-Basic Footwear of the Southeastern Tribes by Guy Darry Wood
-ADORNMENT
-Learn The Drill by Scott Jones
-RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTATION
-Observations at a Pottery Firing by Maria Louise Sidoroff
-Bark-Tan Babblings by Alice Tulloch
-Recreating Missing Tools by Harry B. Iceland and Jessica S. Johnson
-Processing Deer - Using The Whole Animal by Lynx Shepherd
-The Manzanita by Christopher Nyerges
-Trash Mulberry Tree Fibers by Charles Spears
-MEMBERS RESPOND: Short Essays and News
-Tanning Using Soy Lecithin Granules by John Yost
-Survival Pressure Flakers by Barry Keegan
-Book Review by Scooter Cheatham
-Professional Developments by Scott Jones & Dr. R.M. Gramly
-Vinegar Of Four Thieves by Christopher Nyerges
-Passing The Flame by Denyce Bigley
-Flint and Steel Revisited by Ken Wee
-BULLETIN BOARD #19 - SPT Member Notices
-Klamath Twined Tule Visor by Norm Kidder
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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
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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
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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
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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
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SPT Bulletin #14- Fall 1997 - Northern Skills
-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
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- Adaptability by Thomas J. Elpel
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Spring 1997: SPT Bulletin #13: Foods and Cooking
-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
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Fall 1996: SPT Bulletin #12: Lower Paleo Tools
-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
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Spring 1996: SPT Bulletin #11: Primitive Technology for Kids
-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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Fall 1995: SPT Bulletin #10: Bone, Tooth, & Antler
-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
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Spring 1995: SPT Bulletin #9: Music & Woodwork
-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
