Description
A valuable reference for these ancient arts, Making Native American Hunting, Fighting, and Survival Tools takes you through the steps of basic flint-knapping of arrowheads and scrapers to the most complex decoration and finishing techniques of painting and fletching. Also included are chapters on materials, tools, and the workplace. Richly illustrated with photographs and line illustrations, Making Native American Hunting, Fighting, and Survival Tools is perfect for the historian, student, survivalist, or Native American enthusiast. Soft cover 264 pages.The Table of Contents includes the following:
- Part 1 Flint Knapping
- Materials
- Tools and Workplace
- Basic Knapping
- Making Arrowheads
- Other Types of Tools
- Part 2 Arrows
- Materials
- Making Self-ARrows from Shoots
- Splint Shafts and Reed Arrows
- Painting, Finishing, and Fletching
- Points
- Part 3 Bows
- Bow–Building Materials
- Splitting and /or Rough-Sawing the Stave
- Creating Self Bows
- Part 4 Bow Strings and Quivers
- Bowstrings
- Quivers and Such
- Part 5 Food Gathering, Cooking, and Other Tools
- Baskets
- Pottery
- Woodenware
- Part 6 Finishing Tools
- Spears and Harpoons
- Traps and Nets
- Hook and Line
- Part 7 Hunting Tools
- Clubs, Slings, Rabbit Sticks, and Bolas
- Lances, Spears, and Darts
- Traps and Snares
- Camouflage, Lures, Decoys, and Calls
- Part 8 Warfare
- Lances, Spears, and Coup Sticks
- Knives, Dirks, and Daggers
- Clubs and Axes
- War Shields
ISBN 978-1-4930-6553-0
