Posted: 8/5/2010 6:02:17 PM EDT
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Here are some links to historical studies on fire-making.
The first three are from JSTOR - which may not allow downloading the articles to everyone, and fourth one is from ACS which also may not allow downloading to everyone. Try getting them via a University connection: Aboriginal Fire-Making Walter Hough American Anthropologist, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Oct., 1890), pp. 359-372 link The Fire Piston and Its Origins in Europe Robert Fox Technology and Culture, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Jul., 1969), pp. 355-370 link Upper Chinookan Fire Planes: Two New North American Fire-Making Techniques Albert Mohr and L. L. Sample Ethnology, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Jul., 1983), pp. 253-262 link Methods of fire making used by early man Warren N. Watson J. Chem. Educ., 1939, 16 (1), p 36 link _____ These three should work for everyone. Fire-making apparatus in the U.S. National Museum, 1890 Walter Hough, 1859-1935 link Flint and pyrite: making fire in the Stone Age Dick Stapert and Lykke Johansen Antiquity Publications Ltd 1999 link The American boys' handybook of camp-lore and woodcraft, 1920 Daniel Carter Beard link _______________ Additional articles from JSTOR. The Bow-Drill in North America Paul S. Martin American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1934), pp. 94-97 link On Fire-Making in North Borneo Sydney B. J. Skertchly The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 19, (1890), pp. 445-452 link Fire-Making in Australia D. S. Davidson American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 49, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1947), pp. 426-437 link Frictional Fire-Making with a Flexible Sawing-Thong Henry Balfour The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 44, (Jan. - Jun., 1914), pp. 32-64 link ________________ From Google books The Fire Piston, 1907 Henry Balfour link |