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Dane:
They found trace amounts of asenic on him or in him, so they theorize he worked with copper, maybe even smelted or cast it, so it seems resonable that he was the owner of the axe. That would have been a very desirable thing to have. Perhaps someone was trying to steal it from him, and was willing to shoot him.

Dane

Dane:
Good stuff, Jude. A bit part of what attracts me to the mesolithic period is that it is on the cusp of animal husbandry, agriculture, and the development of "civilization." As Steve Watts puts it, the taming of animals tamed humans, and you cant go wild again, only feril.

I think too taht if you took a Mesolithic human and placed him in the archaic period here in NA, he would fit right in. Skin clothing is pretty basic in function and design across cultures and periods, I am guessing. I do understand that woven fabric may date back to the neaderthals. It is ancient, and woven leather belts, and perhaps grass clothing and mats goes back a very long ways, too. These guys were far more advanced then popular images would have us believe, with the "cave men" you see in insurance commercials, and Chaka in Land of the Lost, Flintstones, etc (though they did have traffic lights and cars, lol).

Mesolithic is attractive, too, as we have bow technology. Atlatls I think still play a part, and didnt suddently disappear as soon as someone developed the bow.

Okay, off to watch the olympics. Thanks for the interest, you guys.

Dane






--- Quote from: Jude on February 13, 2010, 10:47:32 am ---From what I've read on the Mesolithic, weaving was well established, so the grass cape would be appropriate.  The main difference between Paleolithic and Mesolithic seems to be the disappearance of the megafauna, which probably explains the adoption of the bow over the atlatl as the game animals became smaller.  I believe that clothing likely varied more by region than it did by time period.  Much of Otzi's gear wouldn't have been out of place in North America 150 years ago.  What works for a given climate works, and stitched clothing dates back to the Paleolithic.  Textiles didn't become dominant until later in the Neolithic, and not until after Otzi's time, in northwestern Europe.  That's evidenced by the fact that most of what he wore were skins.  You could pull from a wide variety of sources and probably be accurate just by avoiding too many "modern" decorative practices, specific to NA peoples, like quilling and fringe.  The term Mesolithic doesn't seem to apply to the Americas, I believe it's Archaic here.  Artwork in Mesolithic Europe became more stylized pictograph, as opposed to the realism of the Paleolithic cave paintings, and more often depicted humans than animals.  Some archaeologists see it as the beginnings of writing, like primitive hieroglyphics.  I'm not sure what there is for any surviving evidence of clothing decoration from that time.  Well, good luck with this, sounds like you'll have alot of fun.  I used to do Medieval reenactment, but I had always wished there were Paleolithic reenactment groups.

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AndrewS:
Here you can see my new Ötziquiver :)

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medicinewheel:
Really nice Andrew! Is that chamois??

AndrewS:
@medicinewheel

yes this is a winterfur of chamois. I think a summerfur is easier to work, cause the hairs are not so long and the undercoat in the winterfur is very thick and and compact.
The quiver is mostly worked out with very simple tools (a very sharp kitchen knife, a needle for braiding, an a sharpend skrew driver used as a awl. Only the holes in the stiffener sapling and in the antler pieces are made with a powerdrill and with more patience I would have used a handdrill....)

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