Primitive Technology: Pottery and Stove
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- I made some pottery from the clay in the new area to see how well it performed. A large bank of clay was exposed by the side of the creek. I dug it out using a digging stick and took it back to the hut. Small sticks and stones were picked out of the clay and the whole mass was mixed to make sure there were no dry lumps. When this was done the clay was then left next to the fire to dry slightly so that it became a stiff workable material to form pots from. No further processing was done to the clay.
I formed small pinch pots from the clay by taking balls of it and pinching out the shape of the pots. Small cracks that formed while shaping were simply mended by wetting and smoothing over. Several pots were made this way. They were then left to dry completely next to the fire until they were completely dry.
To fire the pot, it was placed upside down in the hot coals and covered with sticks in a tipi fashion. The wood both acts as fuel and protects the pot from sudden changes in temperatures such as those caused by sudden winds. When the fire was burning well, I increased the temperature of the fire by fanning it with a fan palm frond. The pot glowed red hot amongst the coals and so was fired to a sufficient temperature. After waiting overnight, the pot was retrieved from the ashes and struck with a stick. The pot gave a clear ringing sound indicating it was strong and had no cracks (hollow sounds indicate the opposite). Now I had a small bowl to carry water in.
A larger pot was then made from the same clay. This time the walls of the pot were built up using the coil technique where long rolls of clay were rolled and then squashed onto previous layers. The last layer was pinched outwards to form a pot lip. A lid was made for the pot by making a flat disk of clay with a small handle for lifting. When dried the pot was then fired as before but in a larger pit outside the hut. Again, the pot was covered with wood protecting it from sudden breezes that might cool or heat the pot suddenly, possibly causing cracks. The firing went well and the pot sounded strong when struck.
The pot was then placed on 3 rocks and a fire lit underneath. It took close to 30 minutes to boil this way with lots of sticks. But it did eventually come to the boil. I then made a stove inside the hut. The fire pit was dug and extended into a trench, sticks laid over the entrance and mud mixed from the excavated dirt was then used to form the walls of the stove over the trench. The stove was about 30 cm internal diameter but came in to about 20 cm. Three raised lumps were made on the top of the stove to hold the pot above. Then the stove was fired. Note that wood can be placed over the entrance of the stove at ground level and lit in a hob firebox like configuration. The flames then get sucked down and then up into the stove. I show this because it’s an easy way to manage the fire without making it too big which might burn the thatch.
When the pot is on the stove, it’s easier just to put sticks straight into the top of the stove between its open top and the sides of the pot. If over stacked with wood, wood gas is produced burning in a second fireball above the stove. It’s best just to keep the flames big enough to surround the pot (to reduce fire hazards). The pot was quicker to come to the boil then over a three stone fire.
The clay here in the new place is good, it didn’t take me long to make pottery here. Notably this clay doesn’t seem to need grog or temper added to it to prevent it from cracking. I think this is due to tiny specs of mica that weren’t present in the clay from my old area. The clay seems stronger and there also seems to be much more of it everywhere. The pot boiled after a while of tending, in future I’ll probably make thinner walled pots so that they boil quicker. The stove was useful for boiling the pot. It also seems to reduce the amount of smoke in the hut and increase the life of the coals in the base so that the fire could be re stoked at a later time.
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The thing that's awesome about this is that is should be boring - a bunch of nature shots, no talking, legit just a guy making clay bowls - yet it's absolutely fascinating and holds my attention like no other video
He puts all of the speech in the captions, he doesn't like live commentary.
It's the same for me. I don't know why his presentation works as well as it does. These videos are compulsively watchable.
ikr
The same here
ill join that party, silence brings about attention on the video in this case.
Can we just appreciate how much effort this guy puts into his descriptions?
It's better than most High School essays at this point.
more effort than the rest of youtube together
The Captioning is always worth having on in these videos, adding a little bit more of an explanation, as it happens.
yes
Mrmoocows99 wow I’ve never noticed the in depth descriptions or captions. Thank u guys
Imagine being stranded and thinking back to the time you got hooked on this TH-cam channel and making a hut
One can only hope for such a fate
I can remember easily the steps but not fit enough to do it.
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yes and having pottery. Just think about what a huge difference it makes to have something reasonably clean that holds water and is temperature resistant. For preparing food, drinking, disinfecting, crafting other things, transporting water etc.
I've binge-watched a lot of these now. .
VERY informative and strangely relaxing.
I REALLY like the fact there is no speaking. . No music. . Just ambient noise.
That makes it international. .
No matter what language you speak. . You will understand these videos. .
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No music is a big plus.
There is actually closed captions in english
@@average-neco-arc-enjoyer and about 20 other languages
@@ZachariahMBaird yeah there is. No wonder why this guy took so long between uploads.
Its allways a good day when Primitive Technology records a video.
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Almost a half a million views in the first few hours...no wonder so many people are copping his style.
It is effective and there is no language barrier.
And tbh. as long as people do their own stuff, or do the same things within an entirely different environment, it's actually mighty interesting...
What the fuck,fuck you
what other channels are there like this?
Hào Võ ??
Zeemike1 ... at that time of reading this comment (and replying) the video has 900k views, not "millions"
3:22 That sudden jump cut with the birds going "uhuhuahahahauhuhuhahauhuhAHAHAHA--" and cutting off when they get loud always gets me
This is my favorite stove design. I just love how the air flow makes the fire travel differently, people must have thought it was sorcery when it was made.
Good design, but it can be improved. By making the exit at the top narrower, there wont be so many flames coming from the sides, so less energy wasted. That is why cooking tops have tiny holes rather than a single, big one.
Rocket stove ftw
@@kobe3576 imo the large opening is actually a good thing, letting the flames roll up the sides makes it cook more evenly, plus, in cooking you dont usually want more energy, more heat = burns faster yet cooks in the same amount of time, aka, your food is either burned or uncooked, or if you're like me and you mess up bad enough, both at once
my favourite is induction, but you do you i guess :3
I’m sure they had the same reactions as you
I can't wait until he builds another clay tile hut! That was a beauty.
A hut? He is going to 1 up and build a cottage, with creek powered electricity and a sweet mossy grass top, with turf grass superior to an LPGA golf course 18th hole green.
derty QWERTY why stop at a cottage? He's going to build space station.
derty QWERTY So, he is going to be the next donald Trump and build a lot of towers then get elected Prime minster of Australia?
Hey has heaps of clay there, maybe he could make something with Adobe.
I really want to see how he built the camera from mud and water😂😂😂😂😂
One of the biggest channels on TH-cam and he never says a word. I love it.
Scott Boyer when one has a quality content no need for "please like and subscribe"
But hes losing views
he dont need words ;) simple and good videos, we all like it so much, cant stop watching. sometimes only to chill and come down ^^
+LUXRAY97 bro every vid he makes gets into the trending page within 24 hours he’s definitely not losing views
This is what real vlogging looks like
*Peaceful pottery making*
Birds in the background: AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHA
Kookaburra. Think he edited the rest of the laugh out
I had a mental image of him running outside and wagging his arms yelling "YAAHHHHH Get out of here you stupid kukaburra! I'm trying to record a video here!"
Kukaburra looking at mud hut: *surprised Pikachu*
WOOOOOO A A A AH AH AHHHH AKAKAKA
@@flowertrue Hahaha
That’s Australia for you
It's awesome to see how far your craft has evolved. Here you were firing single pots in a simple fire, now you've built several kilns, fired loads of bricks, tiles and pots and even built a pottery wheel!
It's humbling and fascinating to go back and watch these older videos and follow your process of building on your skills to make more and more complex projects.
This man will single handedly rebuild our civilization.
Mnecraft: the last of us
That sounds like a really fun game.
It's amazing to see how much this guy teaches us without even saying a word.
Pesterenan turn on captions
Pesterenan just like when mr bean making us laugh without him saying any word
Pesterenan você por aqui heheheh sempre assisto seus vídeos
Osh...outro Br que assiste vídeos bons... CÓE peste já vi uns vídeos seus mto massa
lol is anyone even going to do this
I liked his making "FIRE" mostly . He is an exceptional man who makes peculiar videos ..A man of inspiration that I've ever seen.
3:23 - crowd goes nuts at how that mud pot is being crafted
😂
I loved that bird going apeshit too xD
Christmas came early, new Primitive Technology!!
Destin Ginnis same!!!!
This is the one channel I have post notifications on for
Holy shit you too?
Smart choice
+EricMoranFilms I subbed so many channels, but for me this is also the only one i have notifications for.
Same here bro
Same
1:20
The bowls are having a ritual.
They are worshipping the fire.
"My children! We shall become one with the fire! The fire shall make us stronger and not dissolve in water!"
good
I’ve been watching this guy for years and still don’t get how he just shoves his hand into fires and is completely unphased
Congratulations, your crafting level is 99! Get your skill cape from the crafting guild.
Bob Owns why does this sound so familiar... I can't tell where it's from
Shiro The Asian runescape
Hassan Tahan ah thank you my good sir
Make a ear stick Primitive technology th-cam.com/video/FtAulhPl8Ic/w-d-xo.html
Bob Owns RUNESCAPE!
This guy couldn't be in "Naked and Afraid". He would just thrive. No drama to build the show around. After 21 days, he would just stay for the rest of the year.
That would be more interesting to me at least... like a show where expert survivalists get to set up camp at their desired locations on a deserted island, with some distance between them. And letting them document their journeys themselves. Not helping eachother, but perhaps trading? hehe
Björn Morén m_7_ a sub me my friend i will sub back pls
TOP INVENTIONS fuck off
TOP INVENTIONS fuck off
Yup and his female teammate would probably stay as well, they would have kids and the show would be renamed 'naked and comfy'.
That was so relaxing to watch. I'm getting addicted to these types of channels *especially* when there's no talking or music.
Imagine going back to the primal ages and flexing on 'em with the ability to turn certain mud into a kettle.
or showing them a youtube video of you doing this on your smartphone :D
Jonathan Adami smartphone made of half a tree, clay, a dead rabbit and a stone
Then I think we all would not have health issues 🤣🤣🤣
they would likely figure it out within a day. humans are really good at copying what we see.
@@ClashBluelight That's what happened, sometime in the future Primitive Technology goes back in time to before man discovered fire, he'll teach them its secrets. They will totally mumble up his name though, all they hear will be "Prim..." and "Te..." and eventually the name was bastardized to Prometheus.
1,000,000 in 9 hours = not on trending
59,000 views in 2 days = trending
That's what we call youtube
Jason Bourne I’m from eastern Kentucky, is that stupid town.
Not useless enough to be in the trends
I think trends are divided by countries and languages. And this video is watching by different people. And youtube can't to put it in trends in many countries where this video has been watched.
Spoon I think it's because this guy consistently gets millions of views so he would end up on trending every week
There’s something so strangely satisfying about your content
Preston Melkerson I agree and I prefer it without the subtitles
+Nokia 3310 No, that's not a possible reason.
no music, no talking, no stupid editing, just this
I think it's because it brings you to ancients memories.
All of the above plus strong sense of social indipendence, trust in what nature has to offer and how one is merely a small part of it all
That stove is the coolest thing I've scene for bush crafting! Thank you for all you videos! You are THE OG, and your channel I've been watching for a few years now. Primitive Technology is the grass roots of youtube.
С удовольствием пересматриваю ваши видео!Спасибо что делаете это.Хотелось бы чтоб ваши видео выходили как можно чаще и вы радовали нас.Удачи вам и здоровья!!!
at 3:24 he prob went to kill the birds real quick before finishing the pot
Why would he kill kookaburras? Not much meat on them, and they are cool as shit (until you fuck something up and they laugh at ya)
Hahahah i had the same idea xD
Ethan Choi a fellow ethan
Ethan Choi nah it’s illegal where he is to kill animals.
*was a Kookaburra
Don't forget to turn captions on!!
Justin Murray thanks man, almost did.
I've been watching him for a while now and never knew he added subtitles. You've made my life man
i need to watch all his videos again. Thank u for the tip sir!
I like to watch the videos twice, without captions the first time through. They have a lot of ASMR value.
omg now i have to watch over every video again
I'm still wondering how he made this camera with just clay and rocks
Possibly by quantum tunneling
Just that good
By 10 mil viewers. This is a more durable raw meterial.
He actually built a clay pick axe, then used that clay pickaxe to mine iron, then used his oven to smelt iron to create an iron pick axe. With an iron pick axe, he dug straight down (risky, I know) until discovering oil. He made plastic with that oil by heating it up in his Owen. Then, he created a screwdriver with the iron that he had. Then, he proceeded to make wire insulation by stretching out strands of plastic. Afterwards, he constructed a motherboard using the plastic and iron that he had. He twisted iron strands in order to make resistors, and he constructed each pixel like a LED one by one in order to make the screen.
Afterwards, he created antennas that somehow are able to catch onto the frequency of nearby wireless internet provider, and voila - you see the video in front of you.
some time, love and a little bit of elbow grease
This guy ran the most legit primitive construction channel and had the best asmr before we even knew we needed it.
With those techniques, you could also upgrade your hut from grass and sticks to one with walls made of bricks. Then if a big bad wolf comes around, he won’t be able to blow your house down.
bumper to bumper traffic, driving home through a concrete jungle just to get here and be excited I get to watch this guy make shit with clay and fire...
It's amazing what this guy can do with just rocks, clay, wood and fire!
Eu amo os videos desse cara, me sinto relaxado de uma maneira incrível.
Who else wants him to pick up some stuff in the forrest and make a soup in that pot.
jurtrypik 1111
Ohmygosh YES ME TOO
I was expecting to see that too. Maybe some prawns in it.
at least some tea and cup))
jurtrypik de que no me acuerdo tgd
what a wonderful video. I always rejoice when you put a new one up. You're doing something wonderful for mankind: showing us all how our ancestors survived in an inhospitable world. Thank you for all your very hard work
Không hiểu sao khi xem video của anh Hưng tôi thấy trong lòng rất vui. Có gì đó yên bình và thư giãn.
Дай бог тебе здоровья, благополучия и успехов в делах и в жизни. У тебя классные видео 👍👍👍
Good job, I like the fact that you keep the firemaking part in.
I love how he incorporates each tool in the creation of a new one, like using the small bowl he made to hold water for the making of the large vessel.
You saying vessel gives me ptsd lol
@@chemist9895 ptsd? Do you know what ptsd means?
@@angus6678 two things 1. it was a joke because my art teacher was a bitch 2.yes I know what ptsd and I have it (not from the art teacher)
@@chemist9895 what's so triggering about vessel?
@@chemist9895 what? What happened with you and vessels?
This is not primitive technology. It's old, natural and very good technology.
真的很喜欢你的视频，我也有这种野外建造的梦想！你的这种很纯粹的动手打造很令人敬佩👍
1. Turn on captions
2. Read description
3. Like video
4. Watch video
Noah Duncan wait there are captions?
3. Like video
4. Watch video
2. Read description
1. Turn on captions
4. Watch video
Go through all his videos with captions on, it's so worth it you'll be crying that you didn't do it before. So much more info.
Thank you!!
Turned on captions.
Proof I've been life-ing wrong the whole time
This was like an early Christmas present.
“Wacha cookin?”
“Water.”
youve got to make sure it can hold boiling water without issues before actually , yknow, trying to cook with it
Water that's now safe to drink, which is probably the most important thing here...
@@newq i know that I'm just being silly lol (though I'm pretty sure he boiled that water out)
"Yea I'd like some boiled water pls"
I imagine that this is exactly what a primitive woman would've asked as she stood there and watched primitive man working endlessly, hour after hour while providing for his family and making life easier with his craftsmanship 😂
I made a fire with fire sticks for the first time today. It was tough, but it was so awesome when that tinder started smoking.
In Mr. Plant’s case, he didn’t have a metal knife to shape the fire sticks like I did, so I still bow to his awesomeness. I couldn’t have done it without these videos.
Haha, 3:23 when the Kookaburras gets too loud
sorry can't relate
I love how honest this is. Some people don't even show the process, whilst you show where you made the coil a little too short and filled it in. Much respect. Love your videos.
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Also narrated in the closed captions
I noticed his stove was basically a J-tube hearth.
I’m taking a ceramics class right now so my appreciation of your creations has skyrocketed
Завораживающе... Смотрю всегда как релакс... Тишина... Спокойствие... Треск костра... Руки занятые делом .. первобытность ...
Those biceps have grown with the technology! Congrats and keep it up!
Noticed aswell haha
there's lot of utube channel that made a primitive survival or whatever... but i still love his channel... the sounds of the nature and all his activities . he do everything silently... that's what make his videos dope...
He was the original. The others are rip offs.
This channel taught me that you dont have to be a perfectionist to master at anything
I love the sound of the Australian wildlife in the background. I'll often put these videos on loop just for the sounds. Of course that's after watching them all way to many times
Man these videos are so relaxing
I agree
ASMR-worthy
We get so much satisfaction from just looking at this, then imagine the satisfaction from boiling your own water, in a pot you made, over a fire you started yourself.
Tomatoman I do ! Everyday !!!
Tttrrrrruuueee
anyone else mad hype when he posts?
I’m hype af when HE post.
Div 7B how he edited his videos in wild?
Pinstripe did you just assume my gender!? i am a feminist from NYC and how dare you call me out like that!?? you animal!
Divulging
No one cares. Mind your own business and leave us alone,
“feminist”
There is something relaxing and somehow soothing in watching your videos. Thank you.
Nuestra madre tierra nos provee de todo ,gracias por por tan buen vídeo amigo Saludos desde Santiago de Chile...
His videos are always 4 hours too short....
Yeah, can't wait for the movie... after the book. It's a wonder some TV network hasn't tried to take advantage of him already. Be careful Primitive of wolves in sheeps clothing. Though there have been a couple of good shows on in the last few years, but they are few and far between, like The Last Alaskans, Life Below Zero and Alone, but they're all based outside our climate down here. The last decent "film it yourself" guy was Les Stroud, infinitely better than Bear (fake) Grylls... that sh*t was dangerous to ordinary people without any real experience at survival.
Wtf? 4 hours?
You are just lazy
Primitive Pottery and the Philosopher's Stove
OMGhowtheF Go up, now.
You just had to do it.
Amazing
Hey hermuddy pass the salt rock please
😅😅😅😁
Great. Back to the Roots! This isn´t primitive. This is wath we need. Nature. We must know this, than we are not angry for future, when we know, how we can live, when zivilation was ending! I think it is important! Good Job. Good teaching
3:25 for non-Australians, imagine hearing that outside your house a 5 o’clock in the morning. Thats why we hate kookaburras.
Eh i sleep like a rock.
Where in Australia could this be? Lots of vegetation...
Eldon Triggs it’s in the tropical rainforests of far North Queensland
Farmers have ROOSTERS! BUT, WE LOVE EM.
@@aurktman1106 ... Lol. It's by a creek! Lol.
The best videos on TH-cam!!
If you guys wanted to know, primitive is australian (QLD specifically ). He has said it before and you can hear a kookaburra in the background at 3:24 which is native to Aus.
Good ear! I thought that was a Kookaburra.
Alpackz
However, he has said before that he usually adds background noise later when editing the video...
He Means Australia 🇦🇺
He once said in a comment that he lives near Brisbane
there was also a cassowary in one of his videos too
you proved your talent without a single word or music which is valuable and respectful.
That’s amazing. Our ancestors worked so hard to survive. Thank you for making this video.
In 1000 years this channel will be making room sized calculators out of scrap.
building a mechanical calculator is actually really easy.
I think if he wanted to he could probably do it within a week.
why wasnt this on youtube rewind. this is youtube quality content.
MaxNeverita because it has no talking or advertisements or annoying intros and outros
Its high quality and enjoyable so it cant be there.
and it turns out youtube rewind sucks so it's better he doesn't do it.
true!
Highly relaxing, supremely educational and also entertaining to watch this craftsman at work.
There's nothing worse than enjoying these peaceful videos when an add just suddenly starts playing.
I’m happy to see an actual youtuber that doesn’t have or cause any drama
AngryBarbie
Your profile pic
or even talk
each of his intro is not cancerous as well.
Drama? wait until mans at least discovers beef before we discuss him having any.
@@1xlaz2 lol beef I get it
I can imagine after posting these videos, he goes home takes a shower, eats, puts on a suit and a tie and goes to work in a billion dollar company
Serg of course, what else do you expect? Read his channel description!
I don't think you are very far off. He does say he works somewhere in Australia, but never mentions his job title. Considering he bought this land in Australia, he is likely at least middle-class.
Funny thing about that statement is that a billion dollar company could be mcdonalds
William Beerger source?
William Beerger Plant? Hahahaha how suitable
Watching you work is so therapeutic to me. I would love to watch you work in person!
I never thought I would be envious of someone who can have all this mud....I live on top of rocks
i get so happy when he uploads
Viozo774, That sounds SO wrong, but I like it ;)
hahaha
Thanks again, your videos are part of the reason I've wanted to move on with my life and do something that matters. I'm going to college at almost 30 so I can get enough money to be able to go somewhere and do something like this some day. The future's looking brighter!
Samwise no no no
Noooo, forget college man
you got this! :)
I hope you get what you want
Finally I can find some clay pots that doesn't need potter's wheel.
Comes home from a day in the office, eats some soup, goes outside, slaps clay for 5 hours every day
Better entertainment than most TV shows these days
Idk why but these Videos are so fucking relaxing
Rafe Adler Because back then, this is all you had to worry about. No bills, modern day crap that raised our stress levels, or anything. This is all about man using nature to survive.
It's the sound.
The Fire is what we all need a fire is a save feeling!Every Video i look twice. I sleep the halfe time of the first.
Sorry for my english :)
A lot of channels trying to be like this one (some good too) but you gotta love the original...
tớ
most are horrible
Agreed
Rob Backyard Gardenerr i agree so much i hope this channel makes more vids
many of the other channels make unnecessary crap, like a swimming pool for example.
Eres un auténtico superviviente 👍👍 me gusta tu talento bravo saludos desde Marruecos 🇲🇦
I love this episode this program is informative and education because no computers no pollution no phone do it with own hands this reminder the time of the Bible
Did anyone find this relaxing😌🤤
Saludos si te gusta comparte lo th-cam.com/video/cQULiJa2TUU/w-d-xo.html
That's why I watch these! I don't have any interest in primitive technologies really, I just love the stuff he makes in these videos.
Lilian Tao i did so did u right
I think all of us do
your pottery shards and other remains will confuse future archaeologists :D
No, archeologists can date things.
They have carbon dating to check
samme79 that's the point. OP means they will be confused as to why someone in the 21st century would be technologically "so far behind" and with such a quick technological progress
TerraGermania
lollll
Neolithic age is a big favourite of me. Fantastic channel. I hope you come back
I've made half a kiln and my first lot of charcoal! Thanks for the inspiration! :)
Maybe if you gather 500 food you can go to the next Age
Luuk Prieckaerts was that a fucking dominations reference
Lou Skun multiple games have food and town centres, its not a crime to mistaken the reference for referencing being a shit game
Wololo
VikingGoth Never heard of it.
Nah fam he needs to get 1000 gold and start an empire
Bet his Wife loves him, strong silent type but great with his hands...
The clay is used for lubricant.
Hehe
Never home, always out in the forest.
I doubt he's married. Nature is his mistress, his one true love.
He's probably got a few side pieces, though.
Qthefun he isnt silent he cuts out the parts where he talks and gets straight to the point lol
ceramic cooking.number1helthy.for food and water.
no aluminum.no stynlestyl. no cancer.☺👍👍👍😊
John just so you know me and my brother have been watching your videos from the beginning and look forward to seeing your possible show thankyou you've been a great inspiration for us and we think your just awesome!!
Can’t wait till he makes a flintstones car
damn! that shit is awesome
up
6:15 Hasn't missed a biscep day in awhile
Ryan Petley m_7_ a sub me my friend i will sub back pls
6:15 but his top half slid out the end of the tanning booth!
Survival of the fittest
We use to make earthen pots and pans just like these but miniature versions every year during our summer vacation 😊😊
This video took me back to my childhood...
gotta love how working clay and working dough isn't all that different. gotta knead the material, keep it damp, and dust your work surface to get The Good Stuff when you cook it.
Can’t wait to see you get a garden up and running again
Uriah Siner that will be cool!!
Little hanging garden watering system will be great,please..
my family to
60 episodes later
Finishing up the town hall.
Oof!
episode 210: building up stone walls
Pottery is a huge helper in all aspects of forest life
Clay pottery was such an important step in mankind's development. Up until then, food was basically chunks of meat roasted on a stick over the fire. Soups and stews let you keep all of the calories in the food, instead of dripping into the fire.