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PALEOTECHNICS
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- seminars are held at a variety of locations, so please use the contact info listed after each class description to register or get more information.
- if you wish to speak directly with the instructor email Tamara at ts@paleotechnics.com
- this list is long so you can either scroll through to browse all the workshops scheduled or use the topic and calendar guides to go directly to what you are looking for.
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Topic Overview Guide
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Workshop Calendar Guide 2008
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Old Ways Living Skills
Primitive Technology Overview
Family Day
Saturday, May 3, 2008
10am - 4pm
at Calfornia School of Herbal Studies
in Forestville, CA
For Adult and Kids (9 and older)
$85 per adult, $25 per child 9 and up
(Includes Materials Fee)
A fun and unique hands-on introduction to old ways living skills. Make a necklace from sticks, seeds and stones by drilling holes in soapstone with sticks spun between the hands, grinding pine nuts into beads, and making string from natural fibers.
Additional activities will include fire making by friction and if time allows, throwing and shooting a variety of hunting weapons like spearthrowers (atlatls), bows and arrows and rabbitsticks.
For more information or to register:
cshs.com website
Mailing address: PO Box 39, Forestville, CA 95436
Physical address: 9309 Highway 116, Forestville
Phone: (707) 887-7457
Email: cshs@cshs.com
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PRIMITIVE LIVING SKILLS OVERVIEW WEEKEND
May 17-18, 2008
Saturday & Sunday
at Third Rock Ranch
near Willits, CA
Join us as we explore universal hunter gatherer skills used by humans all around the world and spend some time learning basic and essential living skills through hands-on activities.
- Make fire with handdrill and bowdrill fire kits
- Process dogbane fiber and make string
- Learn how to make a knotted net
- Practice with hunting tools, including throwing rabbitsticks & spearthrowers, shooting bow & arrow, and playing hoop & pole game
- Learn basic stone and woodworking techniques through beadmaking, shaping and polishing stone, and grinding nuts
In this longer weekend format we will also have a chance to discuss a wide variety of other primitive technologies as well as some of the uses of local plants. This will be an incredible opportunity to move a step closer to self-sufficiency and to an understanding of how humans have survived for tens of thousands of years with primitive technologies (the first technologies) as their tools.
- $120 (includes seminar, Saturday night dinner and overnight camping).
- $140 also includes hand-made netting shuttle & measure to take home to complete netting project
- Some work trade is available in the weeks before the workshop. Please inquire if interested.
To register:
Please make checks out to Sue Morganti and send to
Sue Morganti, P. O. Box 887, Willits CA, 95490.
A 50% minimum deposit
reserves your place in the workshop.
Please pre-register so we can prepare ahead of time.
Location: Third Rock Ranch,
west of Willits on Sherwood Rd (Third Gate),
Sue Morganti 707/459-5495.
Please call with any questions.
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NCWHS - Northern CA Women's Herbal Symposium
May 23-26, 2008 (Session 2)
at Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, CA
The Northern California Women's Herbal Symposium
Over 50 classes are offered throughout each session, including six four-hour intensives, covering many different aspects of Herbalism and sustainable lifestyles. Topics include: Aromatherapy, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Flower Essences, Herb Walks, Herbal Crafts, Herbal Cultivation & Propagation, Magical Herbs, Herbal Treatments for Specific Disorders, Women's Health, and much more. Session 3 also offers Sustainable Living classes, including: Alternative Vehicle Fuels, Natural Building Techniques, Permaculture, Solar Energy, and much more.
general info and registration at website
womensherbalsymposium.org
Contact info:
PO Box 599 Sebastopol, CA 95473, tel. 707-824-1429
email NCWHS@monitor.net
Registration fee is $250-$350 sliding scale.
This fee includes all classes, meals, camping, and events.
There are a limited number of spaces for young women, ages 13-20,
and Elders, ages 60 and over, at a special rate of $100 if needed.
Children 12 and under are free.
click here to go to the registration form
click here to download flyer (pdf)
Tamara will be offering a mid-kids program at the Symposium this year and will not be teaching any adult level classes.
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BUCKSKIN TANNING
June 7-8, 2008 (9am)
Saturday & Sunday
at Third Rock Ranch
near Willits, CA
Brain tanned buckskin is a beautiful, soft, durable and washable leather which is made using the same natural, non-toxic, and biodegradable methods employed by most Native American groups.
In this two day class, participants will partake in the whole processfrom scraping the hide to smoking the softened buckskin.
The group will tan one deer hide for every four people and, if all goes well, each person should take home about quarter of a finished buckskin.
COST:
$120
(includes seminar, Saturday dinner,
materials and overnight camping)
To register:
Please make checks out to Sue Morganti and send to
Sue Morganti, P. O. Box 887, Willits CA, 95490.
A 50% minimum deposit
reserves your place in the workshop.
Please pre-register so we can prepare ahead of time.
Location: Third Rock Ranch,
west of Willits on Sherwood Rd (Third Gate),
Sue Morganti 707/459-5495.
Please call with any questions.
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ANCIENT LIVING SKLLS
OVERVIEW WORKSHOP
June 14th, 2008
10am - 4pm
$105
Solar Living Institute
in Hopland, CA
more info at Solar Living Institute website
Join us as we explore universal hunter gatherer skills used by humans all around the world. You will learn basic and essential living skills through the following hands-on activities:
- Make fire with handdrill and bowdrill fire kits
- Process dogbane fiber and make string
- Practice with hunting tools, including throwing rabbitsticks & spearthrowers, shooting bow & arrow, and playing hoop & pole game
- Learn basic stone and woodworking techniques through beadmaking, shaping and polishing stone, and grinding pine nuts.
You will also have a chance to see examples of a wide variety of other primitive technologies. This will be an incredible opportunity to move a step closer to self-sufficiency and to an understanding of how humans have survived for thousands of years with primitive technology.
Solar Living Institute
707-744-2017
To register for a workshop by mail, print and fill out the registration form and send it with payment (workshop fee plus $10 registration fee) to:
Solar Living Institute
13771 S. Hwy. 101
P. O. Box 836
Hopland, CA 95449
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ANIMAL PROCESSING OVERVIEW
August 23rd & 24th
$130
at Third Rock Ranch
near Willits, CA
Topics: killing, bleeding, skinning, gutting, gut processing (heart, liver, kidney, intestine, stomach, bladder), brain extraction & preservation, jaw & tongue extraction, meat cutting & preservation, fat rendering, broth-making, sausage making, hoof and sinew extraction, skin preservation, bone working & preservation
To register:
Please make checks out to Sue Morganti and send to
Sue Morganti, P. O. Box 887, Willits CA, 95490.
A 50% minimum deposit
reserves your place in the workshop.
Please pre-register so we can prepare ahead of time.
Location: Third Rock Ranch,
west of Willits on Sherwood Rd (Third Gate),
Sue Morganti 707/459-5495.
Please call with any questions.
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MAPOM (Miwok Archaeological Preserve of Marin)
"Old Ways" Seminar Series
Kule Lohklo, Point Reyes National Seashore, Pt. Reyes, CA
These "Old Ways" seminars are held annually, so if the date has passed look again for the next class at about the same time the following year.
For more info/to register for Pt Reyes classes:
Contact Sylvia Thalman 415-479-3281,
check their website: www.mapom.org or email: info@mapom.org
or write: MAPOM PO Box 481 Novato, CA 94948
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FIREMAKING $75
Saturday, April 26, 2008
at Kule Loklo
(Pt. Reyes National Seashore, CA)
Make fire by friction with your own hand drill firemaking kit made from local native materials. Both hand drill and bow drill techniques will be explored and you will have ample opportunity to practice making fire.
Time permitting, we will try other firemaking techniques and discuss fire building and uses of fire.
MAPOM class (see info above)
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May 10-11, 2008
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BRAINTANNING BUCKSKIN $110
May 10-11, 2008
at Kule Loklo
(Pt. Reyes National Seashore, CA)
Braintanned buckskin is a beautiful, soft, durable, and washable leather which is made using the same natural, non-toxic, and biodegradable methods employed by most Native American groups.
In this two day class, participants will partake in the whole processfrom scraping the hide to smoking the softened buckskin. The group will tan one deer hide for every four people and, if all goes well, each person should take home about quarter of a finished buckskin.
MAPOM class (see info above)
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June 1, 2008
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FAMILY DAY
Living Skills Overview
$50/family
+ $5 materials fee/person
Sunday, June 1, 2008
at Kule Loklo
(Pt. Reyes National Seashore, CA)
New! A hands-on introduction to old ways living skills for kids & parents alike. In order to make a necklace from sticks, seeds and stones, we will drill holes in soapstone with sticks spun between the hands, grind pine nuts into beads, and make string from natural fibers. Additional activities will include making fire by friction, throwing and shooting a variety of hunting weapons like spearthrowers (atlatls), bow & arrows and rabbitsticks. Games will include hoop & pole and black walnut dice.
Parents need to be present with their children to help the program run smoothly.
Ages 8-14.
MAPOM class (see info above)

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UTILITARIAN USES
OF THE DEER $75
to be scheduled in Sept/Oct 2008
at Kule Loklo
(Pt. Reyes National Seashore, CA)
For traditional peoples, animals that are depended upon for food also offer a virtual hardware store of other essential materials. With the lower legs of deer providing our raw material, we will explore methods of processing animal products into useful items. Particulars that are not actually done in class will be discussed and many finished items will be available for viewing. Projects will include skinning, boneworking, hoof removal, and, time permitting, sinew processing. People particularly interested in making a good string out of their processed sinew fiber are encouraged to take the Cordage seminar.
MAPOM class (see info above)
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EARTH PIGMENTS & NATURAL BINDERS $75
to be scheduled in Sept/Oct 2008
at Kule Loklo
(Pt. Reyes National Seashore, CA)
Explore the preparation and use of mineral pigments like yellow & red ochre, some non-mineral paints, and natural binding materials like hide glue & egg yolk. We will make and decorate objects made of wood, bone and hide, and you should take home some sort of simple paint container.
MAPOM class
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CORDAGE & NETMAKING
$75
to be scheduled in Sept/Oct 2008
at Kule Loklo
(Pt. Reyes National Seashore, CA)
The knowledge of how to make string is one of the most basic and important of human life skills. Cordage (string & rope) has been used by humans for ages as a tool in fishing and hunting, for carrying burdens, constructing shelters, in textiles, for tying bundles of possessions together, and so on.
Plants that yield good fiber will be identified and discussed while participants learn and practice fiber extraction and processing methods. Techniques of plying the fibers into cord will then be explored. Time permitting, we will also cover knotted netting using supplied netting shuttles & measures. Participants in the Uses of the Deer class can apply the principles learned to twist their processed sinew fiber into cord.
MAPOM class (see info above)
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FAMILY CAMP
Traditional Skills Workshops
June 24 - 27, 2008
in Nicasio, CA
In addition to the array of Aboriginal and Traditional Skill workshops during the 2007 Family Camp
you and your family can also enjoy what Devil's Gulch Ranch has to offer,
including access to lifeguard protected reservoir, crafts, photography, ceramics,
equestrian training, repelling, archery, and guided hikes.
Workshops can also be taken separate from Family Camp.
The prices are shown below are for those that are not attending Family Camp.
more info at Devil's Gulch website
Primitive skills week for the whole family.
click here for general camp info
click here to download 2007 camp newletter (large! 2MB pdf download)
To register:
click here to go to the registration form
Please send to Devil’s Gulch Ranch,
P. O. Box 557, Nicasio CA, 94946.
Mark & Myriam Pasternak 415-662-1099
Please let us know if you need a map.
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Workshops can be taken individually without attending the camp at the prices listed.
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Traditional Cordage &
Net Making From Local Plants
Traditional Friction Fire Making (eve)
June 24, Tuesday
$65 if not attending camp
10 am
The knowledge of how to make string is one of the most basic and important of human life skills. Cordage (string & rope) has been used by humans for ages as a tool in fishing and hunting, for carrying burdens, constructing shelters, in textiles, for tying bundles of possessions together, and so on. Plants that yield good fiber will be identified and participants will learn about extraction and processing methods. Techniques of plying the fibers into cord will then be explored. Time permitting, we will also cover knotted netting and rope making using a rope walk.
Devil's Gulch
Family Camp Workshop
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Stone Bead Making & Rawhide Projects
June 25, Wednesday
$65 if not attending camp
10 am
Soapstone bead drilling, shaping & polishing using horsetail (Equisetum) as sandpaper.
Rawhide projects: mini drum, rattle, vial or box
Devil's Gulch
Family Camp Workshop
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Traditional Hunting Tools Target Practice & Hoop/Pole Game
June 26, Thursday
$50 if not attending camp
10 am
Hunting Tools for target practice: hand spear, atlatl (spear thrower), bow & arrow, rabbitstick.
Hoop & pole game.
Devil's Gulch
Family Camp Workshop
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June 27,
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Introduction to Ancient Uses of Plants
June 27, Friday
$65 if not attending camp
10 am
Get to know a variety of the wild plants found in the local fields and forests.
We will discuss identification and gathering of a selection of foods including manzanita berries, bay nuts, pine nuts, greens & roots, play with some of the methods used to process this abundance into a ready to eat food, and sample many of these wild flavors. We will also shape elderberry sticks into small containers.
Devil's Gulch
Family Camp Workshop
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PALEOTECHNICS
Steven Edholm & Tamara Wilder
PO Box 876 Boonville, CA 95415
voice mail 707-793-2287
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