Prehistoric Survival | Making a primitive Mesolithic style Axe

Prehistoric Survival series; In this episode I make a Mesolithic style flint axe to chop down wood needed to make a Bow.

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It is easy to see the tools and artefacts from the distant past as lacking in sophistication, basic, and not that effective; but that couldn't be further from the truth.

Behind every brief mention in a book, every little card in a museum case, there are tens of thousands of years of accumulated knowledge which we are just now exploring. Experimental Archaeology is the exploration of the past by trying to do what they did; Using the same tools they used to make the things they made. The insights can be surprising and each of the 10 or more videos I make will be accompanied by shorter videos and blog articles looking deeper into the subject.

Episode 1: Making a primitive Mesolithic style flint axe to chop down a tree
Episode 2: Using a goose egg to make prehistoric glue/adhesive (coming next)
Episode 3: Making foraging baskets from bark (coming soon)
Episode 4: Making a stone age (Mesolithic) hunting bow (coming soon)
Episode 5-10.......Wait and see!