Mastodawn

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/116041303789363038

'earlier than previously thought’ story of the week… #AncientEgypt #BowDrill #BronzeAge

Matilda's Lab Feb 14, 2025

No newsletter this week, but I do have the new post that I reference earlier in the week. From the cradle of the Indus Valley culture arose the bow drill.
https://matildaslab.wordpress.com/2025/02/14/bow-drills/
#science #scicomm #history #historyofscience #bowdrill #mehrgarh

Bow Drills

One development that we have skipped over in this history of human technological development is the invention of the bow and arrow. That would have occurred way back in our history from where we ar…

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NaturalRadical ✌🏻Apr 13, 2023

This song reminds me of the “Stone Age Survival” class I took at SFCC (in the 90s!). #Wilderness #Awareness students made a song that rejoices in making #fire with a #bowdrill. Wish I was sitting at that fire immersed in the harmonies. https://youtu.be/kcal9qbBvv8

Breathe Light - A Bow Drill Song

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