What was the Stone Age? -- Mapping the Stone Age -- Timeline of the Stone Age -- Starting a fire -- Make a spark -- Types of shelter -- Build a Mesolithic shelter -- Make a fat lamp -- Sleeping in a rock shelter -- What about water? -- 24 hours as a hunter-gatherer -- Stone Age fashion -- Hunting for food -- Make a bow and arrow -- Preparing for the hunt -- Nothing wasted -- Knowing the land -- Fishing techniques -- Make a gorge hook -- Fish tails -- Foraging -- Make a digging stick -- Stone Age recipes -- How many ways can you use a stone? -- Make an arrowhead (or spear head) -- Plant medicine -- Not all work, work, work! -- Celebraing the hunt -- Make your own cave art -- Could you have survived the Stone Age?.
Summary:
"If you imagined that all Stone Age people lived in caves, were not very clever, not very clean and said "Ugg" a lot, then think again. Marking the start of all human history, the Stone Age lasted around 3.5 million years (the last part of that was only 71 grand parents ago!). Delve into that incredible time with this book packed full of amazing facts, information, crafts, storytelling and myth debunking to find out what it was really like to live as a hunter gatherer. Dotted through the book are step-by-step craft activities and recipes that give you first-hand experience of some vital Stone Age skills making a Mesolithic shelter, fat lamps, a digging stick, creating cave art, making a bow and arrow and a fishing hook are just a few"--Publisher's description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.