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For those who are interested in hazelnuts, there is a new theory on how they were utilized by hunter-gatherers in Europe. It involves germinating or "malting" the nuts prior to consumption. I wonder if this is practiced currently anywhere with hazelnuts or other nut types by people who...
I think weaving with vegetable fibers especially using native plants is a very interesting topic.
It would be awesome to try replicate some textiles using technology from the Neolithic or even the Mesolithic period when this textile may been more common.
Elm bark or lime bark would be another...
Looks like a class gathering.
The ground oven is such a great method for roasts.
I notice in the pictures the ground where the oven was built was very peaty.
Did you have any problems with the ground smoldering from contact with the hot rocks?
Its a problem I have noticed before but I...
Old decayed bone does get very brittle once it has lost its collagen and breaks like in your pictures quite easily, even without intervention from animals.
If there was that number of bones together, it might suggest the site isn't that old though.
Ask me in a year and I might know!
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When i was in Malawi we called this nsima.
It can be made from european cereals too.
A 50% rye 50% maize mix works very well.
Its a fantasic food for camping , so straightforward to carry and prepare.
Its fierce bad for sticking to billycans though.
I don't mind a bit of cold weather .
It can give some atmostphere but rain I don't like
It really does make camping just messy.
Its slows everything down and makes preparation so much more important.
Do any kuksa makers or even knife makes here use curly grain birch or birch burrs?
I have been looking for some in some forests. I am not sure how to ID it on a living tree just yet.
Is it just any big old knotty growths on birch trees?
Hide glue usually sets in about 12 hours I would wait a few days before fully straining any joint though.
It would take longer to dry in damp weather so I generally leave my glue projects to dry out in the warmest room in the house to quicken things.
Has anyone had any success with privet leaves?
I have tried dying linen with them and I got a nice pale yellow but it had nasty brownish spots as well that kinda ruined the garment .
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