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Making a Pump Drill — Flywheel-Powered Rotary Drill
by Mary
Stoneworking
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Making Bark Cloth (Tapa) — Beaten Inner Bark Fabric
by Tex
Stoneworking
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Preparing a Raw Animal Hide — Cleaning and Stretching Before Tanning
by Mary
Raw Materials
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Making a Fire-Hardened Hunting Spear — The Oldest Weapon
by Spartan
Weaponry
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Making a Fishing Spear (Leister) — Multi-Pronged Fish Gig
by Spartan
Prehistoric
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Making a Stone Spindle Whorl — The Flywheel That Made Thread Possible
by Tex
Prehistoric
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Making a Wooden Mallet — The Percussive Tool That Does Not Damage
by Woody
Prehistoric
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Collecting and Preparing Feathers for Arrow Fletching — Stabilising Projectiles in Flight
by Spartan
Prehistoric
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Preparing Animal Gut for Cord and Containers — Waterproof Material from Intestines
by Mary
Survival
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Drying and Smoking Meat over a Fire — Prehistoric Food Preservation
by TheChef
Wilderness
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Processing Acorns for Food — Leaching Tannins from the Universal Tree Nut
by TheChef
Survival
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Collecting and Processing Cattail — The Supermarket of the Swamp
by Bob
Aquatic
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Carving a Wooden Bowl by Ember Burning — Hollowing Without Metal Tools
by Woody
Prehistoric
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Making a Stone Adze — The Woodworking Tool That Shaped Canoes and Beams
by Woody
Prehistoric
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Polishing a Neolithic Ground Stone Axe — The Tool That Cleared the Forests
by Mary
Prehistoric
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Knapping an Obsidian Blade — Pressure-Flaked Volcanic Glass
by Mary
Wilderness
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Making a Bone Awl — Piercing Tool for Sewing and Basketry
by Mary
Bushcraft
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Making a Stone Scraper for Hide Working — Conchoidal Flake Tool
by Mary
Wilderness
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Making a Hammerstone — The First Tool in Human History
by Mary
Wilderness
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Making Maya Blue — The Indestructible Pigment of Mesoamerica
by Charlie
Chemistry
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