Out of Africa to Native California

by Paul Douglas Campbell

An inspiring treatise on using both rough flakes of stone as tools.

The appendix is also dedicated to information about making and using spearthrowers.

Paul was a regular at ancestral living skills gatherings for many years and was on the advisory board of the Society of Primitive Technology.

314 pages w/ clothbound hardback cover
6.25 x 9.375” x 1”

list price $29.95

Make Your Own Paint, Paper, Pigments, Prints and More from Nature

by Nick Neddo

An incredible and beautifully presented body of experience, covering the basics of earth pigments all the way to making your own brushes and clay paint pots.

All of the illustrations are made using the techniques and tools detailed in these pages.

Nick is renowned in the ancestral skills gatherings circles and this creation definitely lives up to his reputation.

159 pages in full wide format color
10.25” x 8.25” x .5”

list price $26.99

(Quarry Books)

Stone Age Skills for the 21st Century

by Bart & Robin Blankenship

A great introduction to ancestral skills which covers all the basics but keeps it simple and straight to the point; so the resulting book is small enough to easily carry around and the chapters are short enough to read through in a short period of time.

Highly recommended, especially as a first book on the subject.

Bart and Robin are long-time colleagues with whom many hours have been spent around the campfire at skills gatherings and Robin’s continued active engagement at a number of gatherings such as Rabbitstick, Winter Count and the Buckeye Gathering doing kids camp programs has now made this a relationship that has continued for more than 30 years.

192 pages
6” x 9” x .5”

list price $18.95

(Gibbs Smith Publishing)

A Book of Earth Skills

from the Society of Primitive Technology
edited by David Wescott

Best of the first ten Bulletins of Primitive Technology arranged by topic to form a comprehensive overview of ancient living skills.

Since those issues are no longer in print, this book is the best way to get the information found there.

Includes:

• Making a Reduced Antler Flaker
  by Steven Edholm

• Cordage
  by Steven Edholm & Tamara WIlder

• Removing the Hooves of Deer
  by Tamara Wilder

248 pages
8.5" x 11" x .5”

list price $25.99

(Gibbs Smith Publishing)