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     Time-saving hints for experienced outdoorsmen and life-saving advice for the novice are found in Woodsmoke--Collected Writings on Ancient Living Skills. Third in the Woodsmoke series, this entertaining, informative and beautifully written volume joins perennial bestsellers The Best of Woodsmoke and Primitive Outdoor Skills, also compiled by the Jarnisons. This volume contains twenty more illustrated articles on primitive ways of life, including descriptions of hunting and fishing techniques, pottery crafting, stone tool making, basketry, tracking, fire making, even "caveman philosophy!"  Richard Jamison has taken many striking photos that add a special spark to this book, which includes articles by Larry Dean Olsen, Steve Watts, Paul Hellweg, Ernest Wilkinson, David Wescott, Jim Riggs, Linda Jamison and many more.

       This book offers great advice for outdoor enthusiasts who want to experience nature as the ancient aborigines did. With step-by-step instructions everyone can follow, Woodsmoke offers the best of nature-whether as a life style, or an afternoon's activity-to those who enjoy the serenity and beauty of God's creation.

       Woodsmoke is more than entertainment, and more than a how-to text; it offers readers access to a life once common among primitive man. The writers of Woodsmoke--practicing archaeologists and anthropologists, primitive practitioners, craftsmen and women, and artisans-believe that by rediscovering our ancient life skills we can better understand what we are capable of achieving in the world of today.

Table of Contents

Introduction, i

Acknowledgments, ii

Contributors' Biographies, iii

     Our Human Family, 1

     The Ultimate Weapon, 15

     Old Finnish Hunting and Fishing Techniques, 25

     Primitive Process Pottery, 35

     Stone Survival Tools, 53

     Yucca, 61

     Make Your Own Hide Glue, 77

     Traditional Basketry Materials, 85

     Tracking Skills, 99

     The Primal Gourmet, 109

     Whole-Shoot Willow Baskets, 121

     A Paleo Prescription, 137

     Barking Up the Right Tree, 149

     The Remarkable Fire Piston, 163

     An Introduction to the Atlatl, 177

     Badgerstone, 191

     Pine Needle Basketry, 199

     "Rocking On" with the Paiute Deadfall, 209

     Philosophy of a Caveman, 225

     Living wlth Nature, 231

References, 247
Index, 254

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