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Something for you primitive guys to ponder on
George Tsoukalas:
Yes, I don't know. LOL. Here's a link. Jawge
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos/kyflorafauna.html
wally:
I think many cultures did not use any tree pitch as hafting or any other glue type. There are other substances.
Fish glue and rawhide/sinew glue is common. In Australia the aboriginal people there used spinifex glue extensively. Spinifex is a spiky type of grass.
I would think that early peoples would use different types of glue that suited their area. The native inhabitants of the Kalahara desert in Africa don't have Pine trees for sure and I don't know what glue they use, but they must use something (maybe spinifex again as it is a marginal desert plant). Did innuits use pitch?
markinengland:
Not all native americans used pitch to secure arrow heads. Some just used sinew. Some just used pitch and some used both pitch and sinew. People use what they have to hand to do the job then need to do, just like we do nowadays.
swamp monkey:
i experimented with some staghorn sumac glue. it takes while to set up but once it does it is strong. I will bet you have some of that growing there in the deep south. A question to tag along here. Any one ever experiment with eastern red cedar or baldcypress? both have a sticky sap.
bucksbuoy:
I know in the north east were Im from, most of the pines were logged during the turn of the century. I live in Pennsylvania, which used to be known as the black forest because of the dark pine woods, but now its all regrowth maples, oaks, ash and such. I cant say for sure but there may have been pines in your area traditionally. Sad to think about really.
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