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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 grandparents 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.
Many of our Stone Age ancestors' everyday needs were similar to ours - how to keep warm, where to sleep and what to eat and drink. We find out how they met those needs, what a typical day was like, what medicine they used and even how they had fun - all brought to life with beautifully detailed illustrations. 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.
A fictional tribe member pops up throughout the book to tell us about her life, describing the sights, sounds, smells and emotions she experiences. The safety of a warm cave with flickering firelight and other tribe members nearby, the gnawing feeling of hunger when food is scarce and the excited relief when a deer is hunted.
Contents
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!
Celebrating the hunt
Make your own cave art
Could you have survived the Stone Age?
Glossary
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