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Bulletin of Primitive Technology Back Issues

Back issues from the publication by the Society of Primitive Technology; features by specialists in their fields on the range of Native skills, resource directory and bulletin board. Intermediate to advanced level.

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Oversize paperback, 97 pages each, $14.00 each.

Issue #17: Fibers

-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

-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
-Tarzan's Creator Muses on Y2K by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Issue #18: Housebuilding

-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
-Greens of Winter by Violet Snow
-Tails in Time by Jim Miller
-Northern Arrowwood by Paul Trotta
-Closing the Triangle: A Quest for Rapa Nui


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