Ancient axe tech

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Check these guys out- they recreate neolithic stone axes/bone tools and build stuff with them. I like that they are very up front in saying that the neolithic people would have technique that would make them very eficient with these tools. I'd love to see what pace they would have achieved 7000 years ago!

http://www.archaeology.org/exclusives?slg=recreating-the-neolithic-toolkit

 
I've seen photos of the diameter of trees they removed from local forests in the late 1890/early 1900s using two man saws and that amazed me. A friend's father continued to use his draft horses for logging - up until he passed away. Can't imagine using more simple tools...
 
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My father in law (a logger) played with using his draft horses to log. He and an Amish friend worked them for a few weeks like that. It's just so hard to make enough money that way. He had fun though.
 
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My father in law (a logger) played with using his draft horses to log. He and an Amish friend worked them for a few weeks like that. It's just so hard to make enough money that way. He had fun though.

I think the logging he was doing was just for his own burning needs at that point. The man just loved his draft horses - memorial award in his name at the local Agricultural Fair:)
 
Very cool. We are frequently learning that our ancestors were as clever and at times more resourceful than we are today.
 
Very cool. We are frequently learning that our ancestors were as clever and at times more resourceful than we are today.

That's why I hate those alien ancestor shows- folks 7000 years ago could do some things that we can't because they dedicated their short lives to honing a craft and solving a single problem. Saying it must have been aliens is insulting. Stonehenge, pyramids, hanging gardens, Easter Island
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That's why I hate those alien ancestor shows- folks 7000 years ago could do some things that we can't because they dedicated their short lives to honing a craft and solving a single problem. Saying it must have been aliens is insulting. Stonehenge, pyramids, hanging gardens, Easter Island
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The alien thing is ridiculous. Aliens were present and only left behind nicely cut stones.
 
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Hey, I'm an Alien ... to Canada! Guess I'm the wrong kind of alien;lol

The only redeeming grace on the Ancient Aliens show (if you can ignore the rhetoric) is that they film in some really interesting places. I caught an article from a scholar they used for one of the shows who mentioned that substance of her interview with them was very different from what they edited out and put in the show...

I know I have enormous respect for First Nations who lived in my area pre-1600s (pre-contact) and survived - not the most hospitable place in the winter when we hit -50C. Unfortunately, since they used a lot of natural materials day-to-day, there are few remnants to give us clues.

Neat place to explore near where I live ... http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=12056 Reports from the digs are pretty interesting...
 
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Hey, I'm an Alien ... to Canada! Guess I'm the wrong kind of alien;lol

The only redeeming grace on the Ancient Aliens show (if you can ignore the rhetoric) is that they film in some really interesting places. I caught an article from a scholar they used for one of the shows who mentioned that substance of her interview with them was very different from what they edited out and put in the show...

I know I have enormous respect for First Nations who lived in my area pre-1600s (pre-contact) and survived - not the most hospitable place in the winter when we hit -50C. Unfortunately, since they used a lot of natural materials day-to-day, there are few remnants to give us clues.

Neat place to explore near where I live ... http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=12056 Reports from the digs are pretty interesting...
I was sitting at the bar in one of our favorite local restaurants last week and there was some show that looked like a documentary on weird old cults in Ireland- lots of great filming in castles etc. Then it turned out to be a damn ghost hunter show. uggh.
 
One of these days I may get to see those castles in Ireland and Scotland first-hand. Found a few more distant cousins in Scotland lately... My Scottish ancestors were men of the sea so none of those castles belonged to us :(
 
The wife and I went to Ireland a few year ago to watch friends kickbox. We saw so many pieces of old churches and castles just out in people's fields that it was pretty unbelievable.
me: Imagine buying a piece of property that just happened to have an old castle on it?
wife: Why would you buy property that DIDN'T have a castle?
 
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