| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 264 p.) : ill. |
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Includes index. |
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"The complete guide to making and using traditional tools." |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Pt.1. Flint Knapping -- Ch.1. Materials -- Ch.2. Tools and Workplace -- Ch.3. Basic Knapping -- Ch.4. Making Arrowheads -- Ch.5. Other Types of Tools -- Pt.2. Arrows -- Ch.6.Materials -- Ch.7. Making Self-Arrows from Shoots -- Ch.8. Split Shafts and Reed Arrows -- Ch.9. Painting, Finishing, and Fletching -- Ch.10. Points -- Pt.3. Bows -- Ch.11. Bow-Building Materials -- Ch.12. Splitting and/or Rough-Sawing the Stave -- Ch.13. Creating Self-Bows -- Pt.4. Bowstrings and Quivers -- Ch.14. Bowstrings -- Ch.15. Quivers and Such -- Pt.5. Food Gathering, Cooking, and Other Tools -- Ch.16. Baskets -- Ch.17. Pottery -- Ch.18. Woodenware -- Pt.6. Fishing Tools -- Ch.19. Spears and Harpoons -- Ch.20. Traps and Nets -- Ch.21. Hook and Line -- Pt.7.Hunting Tools -- Ch.22. Clubs, Slings, Rabbit Sticks, and Bolas -- Ch.23. Lances, Spears, and Darts -- Ch.24. Traps and Snares -- Ch.25. Camouflage, Lures, decoys, and Calls -- Pt.8. Warfare -- Ch.26. Lances, Spears, and Coup Sticks -- Ch.27. Knives, Dirks, and Daggers -- Ch.28. Clubs and Axes -- Ch.29. War Shields |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary |
Here is the most comprehensive guide to making your own Native American tools and weapons. This reference takes you through the steps of the basic flint-knapping of arrowheads and scrapers to the most complex decorating and finishing techniques of painting and fletching. Fully illustrated with photographs and line illustrations, this is the perfect book for the survivalist, historian, student, or Native American enthusiast. |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Implements.
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Indians of North America -- Material culture.
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Indian weapons -- North America.
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Bow and arrow -- North America.
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Flintknapping -- North America.
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Implements, utensils, etc. -- North America.
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HISTORY / Native American
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Bow and arrow. (OCoLC)fst00837183
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Flintknapping. (OCoLC)fst00927407
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Implements, utensils, etc. (OCoLC)fst00968165
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Indian weapons. (OCoLC)fst00969239
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Indians of North America -- Implements.
(OCoLC)fst00969793
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Indians of North America -- Material culture.
(OCoLC)fst00969831
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North America. (OCoLC)fst01242475 |
| Added Author |
Freading.
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| Related To |
Print version: Burch, Monte. Making Native American hunting, fighting, and survival tools. Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2004 159228020X (DLC) 2004058372 (OCoLC)56419555 |
| ISBN |
9781599217284 (electronic bk.) |
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1599217287 (electronic bk.) |
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