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SHARPENING TOOLS
A Guide to Selection
and Maintenance fo Steel Edges
by Steven Edholm with Tamara Wilder
(Paleotechnics Bulletin #7)

Good information on how to judge steel and tool quality and keep good edges on steel tools to maximise their usefulness.

$5 (33 page photocopied stapled booklet)


SO YOU HAVE A DEAD ANIMAL?
A Basic Guide to Processing Animals and Preserving Parts for Later Use
by Steven Edholm & Tamara Wilder
(Paleotechnics Bulletin #8)

Basic information on how to take a carcass to the point that the parts can be used and preserved. Packed with lots of little detail that speak from experience.

$5 (32 page photocopied stapled booklet)


BUSHCRAFT
Outdoor Skills & Wilderness Survival
by Mors Kochanskin
(Lone Pine Publishing)

Great information on a variety of essential skills. Chapter titles of Firecraft, Axecraft, Knifecraft, Sawcraft, Bindcraft, Sheltercraft give an idea of the topics covered. Mors is a great teacher and reallly knows his stuff.

$15.95 303 pp.


EARTH KNACK
Stone Age Skills for the 21st Century
by Bart & Robin Blankenship
(Gibbs Smith Publishing)

Covers array of important basic skills.

$17.95 192 pp.


98.6
The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive
by Cody Lundin (Gibbs Smith Publishing)

Practical and entertainingly written overview of basic survival skills. Although Cody is himself well versed in primitive living skills, this book focuses mostly on more modern aspects and materials.

$16.95 215 pp


PARTICIPATING IN NATURE
...Thomas J. Elpel's Field Guide to Primitive Living Skills
(HOPS Press)

Overview of basic skills intermixed with philosophy.

$25.00 151 pp. (8.5" X 11")


PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY
...A Book of Earth Skills

edited by David Wescott (Gibbs Smith Publishing)

Best of the first 10 Bulletins of Primitive Technology. Great info.

$25.95 (8.5"X 11") 248pp.


PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY II
...Ancestral Skills

edited by David Wescott (Gibbs Smith Publishing)

More of the best of the Bulletin of Primitive Technology. Great Info.

$25.95 (8.5" X 11") 248pp


SURVIVAL SKILLS OF
NATIVE CALIFORNIA

by Paul D. Campbell (Gibbs Smith Publishing)

Lots of how to and hands on information on traditional living skills.

$39.95 (8.5" X 11") 448pp


WOODSMOKE: Collected Writings on Ancient Living Skills
compiled by Richard & Linda Jamison (Horizon Pub)

Chapters by various authors on many subjects. Traps:Jim Riggs, Atlatls:Dave Wescott,
Basketry Materials & Prep:Margaret Mathewson, Rivercane Blowguns:Steve Watts,
Wholeshoot Willow Basketry:us, and more.

$17.98 256 pp.


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PALEOTECHNICS
Steven Edholm & Tamara Wilder
PO Box 876 Boonville, CA 95415
voice mail 707-793-2287

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