Artifacts & Artisans | HOMESTEAD | FALL HARVEST | NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- After stowing venison from the fall hunt in the elevated food cache, Peter harvests the rutabaga and parsnips from the garden and stores them in the root cellar for the winter. He then spends time looking at some artifacts of the Indigenous people of North America, from the Stone Age through European contact, discussing how many of them were made and used. These include arrowheads, knife blades, splitting mauls, axes, gouges, bone needles, fleshing tools, mortar and pestle and clay pots. Stone tools were made by stone chipping. Arrowheads were made from flint and were knapped. Finally, he plants garlic, thereby finishing gardening for the season. Garlic is always planted in late fall and mulched for the winter.
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I think many of us forget how incredibly gifted and bright the people who came before us were. Thank you
I know this comment is a bit old now, but I am always aggravated when people refer to people of the past as being akin to dumb neanderthals and I appreciate your comment recognizing their ingenuity.
These people of the past knew what it took to live truly. If they didn’t have it they made it, traded for it, or went without. I’d say modern convenience has made us all “dumb” chasing after logos on a pair of sneakers rather than obtaining the skills to live in a natural way.
Very nice program very interesting
Thanks Bobby.
Amazing how primitive ppl could make things through time and continuous effort
And that stuff is fascinating
Peter as always I enjoy your video's. Such a beautiful area and I feel like I'm with you during your history lessons and chores. Keep up the great work and you're the best!
Many thanks!
Great content. You give us an escape we all wish we had to get away from the chaos.
Just outstanding content on your channel. Thank you so much for your passion to educate and preserve history.
Thank you, always nice to receive positive feedback.
Well done.
I just discovered your channel. Hooked! 😆 Awesome stuff man, thank you!
Awesome! Thank you!
Please keep these coming. They are are always an absolute joy to watch. Thank you for all of the effort.
Another great video! Thanks for the information about how the indigenous people inspired Thomas Jefferson. I never knew that. Your knowledge is amazing.
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it.
I am amazed to learn from you that the First Nations People crafted gouges from stone!
super cool of you to not shy away from the good and bad of the past in your videos. thank you and keep up the good work
Thank, TJ.
Thanks again for sharing your journey, world and knowledge with us.
That's a fine artifact collection you have there... I remember also walking my Grandfather's freshly plowed fields in Missouri and finding arrowheads, and all kind of stone treasures. Those were good times, and I have a big box of rocks to show for it. My kids think it's really neat. Thanks for sharing, Peter. Congrats on your deer.
Hi Mr. Pete! Loved the lesson on artifacts. Your knowledge is always outstanding. Take care!
Just a suggestion from a Firefighter who worked off ladders for most of his life- when climbing, slid the hand that is free up the back of the ladder beam. Doing the grab and hope on the rungs will eventually give you the opportunity to fall backwards with the resulting interesting results.
Sound advice. Funny, I used to teach college students practical arboriculture and instructed them the way you suggest … bad habits can establish themselves. Thanks for your interest.
I to fletch my arrows with Turkey feathers from my front yard. The Native Americans understood arrow dynamics. Alot of people don't notice but if you hold the arrow head by the end that attaches to the shaft. Look down the leading from the tip. You will see that one side will roll one direction and the other in the opposite. Then they would match the fletching to the roll of the arrow head. Giving it a faster spin thus stabilizing and even lift. At least the ones I have found in California, Oregon and Washington.
Fascinating Jack. Your the kind a guy that spending time with would be time well spent!
This has become one of my favorite channels. Keep up the good work.
Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your artifacts. I have always loved seeing them. I have a hatchet about half the size of the one you showed. It had a sharp edge but a few chips in it. A lady gave it to me and was found in my area here in Indiana. I made a handle for it with wood and leather so I could display it on my wall. First time to do something like that. Very nice collection you have.
You gotta love watching someone that loves what he does.
I just finished making 12 cups of Joe and already have a cup. It takes my coffee maker about 10 minutes. John Locke was a Scot, I think. His thoughts were a little too deep for Ann Englishman.
What a collection! It was super cool to hear you talk about the history behind them. Love your channel, keep up the good work!
Very informative thank you
Love the History lessons ... very interesting how people lived many years ago !
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Amazing collection though Peter.
Maybe You've found his channel by now, but if not, You may look into the hunt primitive channel. He discusses several aspects of stone points & even covers the small arrow heads that were often used on deer, hogs, & even bison. & he educates a lot on knapping, mounting, & hunting with stone points. Including atlatls.
Thank you so much for sharing, I will indeed be looking up that channel.
That's my brother!!
Ah, my sister and best fan!
It looked cold harvesting the root vegetables!! You grow mighty big veges up there!!
Another great & informative chin wag with you. I love the history of the area & stories about the indigenous people.
We are now heading for our Aussie summer with temperatures reaching well into the mid 40s C. (115 F) occasionally.
Enjoy the winter up there & good luck with the deer harvest.
I,ll take my minus 20 to your plus 40 …. Enjoy your summer.
What an amazing collection. I still remember learning about the indigenous peoples in my part of Ontario while visiting Crawford Lake here in Milton. Keep your collection, you're using it for good, to teach, not exploit. Also I hope that you film your blacksmithing work this winter, I'd love to see the process!
I hope you are wintering warm this maybe the way we will have to live if things keep going the way it has been
that stone with two drilled holes in it looks like a ballast for a net or a wage for a cloth making
thank you for your video
I greatly appreciated this video. Many think that History in North America started with the first European settlers.
Aí que lindo suas artes na sua cabana,tudo muito perfeito 👏👏👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷💖amei.
Hi Peter, another fine video shot by your dear lady! Now I have watched every one of your UA-cam offerings and do have a 'wee' question; Will you be putting a 'capstone' (for want of the correct term) on the cabin chimney? Or would it be just too heavy to manhandle a correct sized stone up onto the chimney apex?
Wow, your hardcore, Steve. That’s one heck of a lot of viewing. As to the chimney, I’ve decided to simply leave it open. I cheated a bit and used some hardware mess to keep out the critters and birds.
I’d love to hear about the history of the triangle hat I’m sure I could google it , but it feels like I’m listening to a actual person from that period listening to u
I’ll try to bring it into an episode. Thanks for your interest!
@@TheWoodlandEscape that be great thx
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Love those artifacts. Things like that have always interestd me.
Guess I can't say anything about u not carrying a tomahawk anymore! , u do have a nice one, that was awesome. If u ever do recreate it I hope u video it all. Great video
Yes. Thank you for mentioning the Native American influence on the thinking of Europeans concerning a democratic form of government. Imagine, had you been a European of the time of colonization, to have found people whose leadership came not from inheritance but from ability and merit, whose worth in their society was not measured by what they owned but by what they could give. Imagine a society where an individual chose to follow or not to follow and was not constrained by orders from a superior but, instead, by his choice of the proper thing to do and by his duty to the society to which he belonged. Any of those ideals sound familiar? By the way, subscribed.
So well said, Larry. I could not agree with you more.
We appreciate your support of our endeavour.
Beautiful rutabagas and parsnips. I have tried growing them here in Indiana, US, but not much luck. I am still trying though. I apologize if you have answered this question before. Will this cabin site become your permanent home or has it? I would totally love living in this type setting.
It isn’t our permanent home but we spend a lot of time in it.
I am enjoying the channel, do ou make bows and arrows for sale? if so price
I do make my own bows and arrows but, I don’t sell them. Becoming a Boyer is not all that hard and I encourage you to try your own hand at it. Check out a series of books called, The Boyers Bible.
I wonder what the typical draw weight of a bow was in those days?
I’m thinking the lightest that would have still be effective (just speculating). The self bows I make I aim for somewhere around50 pounds at a 27” draw.
You better have lots of firewood stored up. They say this winter (2024-25) will be one for the record book, with an early cool fall to boot. Whatever amount of wood you set aside I would double it.
I have looked and looked and can't find a single out of place object. Plastic, cell phones, etc. Congratulations!
My Mantis tiller would make short work of tilling that garlic bed, wouldn’t it?
I love home made tools. My own husband has made many of his own tools and knows how to expertly maintain them. I love that about him. He even makes me tools scaled down to my smaller hands and strength ability. Lovely rutabagas ! ( we picked daikon radish and greens today ) Oh, by the way, from where did you obtain your tobacco seed.
From a living history museum
Im half native american & I dont think its necessary for Americans to give the stuff back to the tribes. The heritage belongs to us all imo.
I totally agree and if given back it simply ends up in storage versus being used for educational purposes.
Thank you two for sharing your artifacts with us and congratulations on your successful deer hunt, I hope the upcoming month will be as successful. I didn’t realize that having a pipe built into an ax or hatchet was a real thing.
Thank you Teresa for your wonderful wildlife in landscape footage, I enjoy it very much.
Again, thank you.
Thanks again for a wonderful video. I, too loved history as a child, in life and in school. When I was around 9 or 10 yrs of age , a family member took me to a place in the high desert where they knew a native American camp use to be. It was know only by the locals. They showed me around and what the different areas were probably used for. One was a flat topped large rock where the natives sat and worked on their arrowheads. There were still chips of rock laying there. The person told me there were no arrowheads, just the chips. After they walked away (I couldn't pull myself away from that spot), I knelt down and ran my fingers down as deep in the sand, as I could, eventually bringing up a beautiful small arrowhead. I still have it to this day. Others knowing of my love of history have brought me artifacts through the years, but that one is special as it was my first find!
Wonderful story!
can you please go into more detail on the way they preserved meat for the winter because I would like to know if I could use that technique today
Food cashe storage works if the temperature drops below freezing at night and doesn’t get into double digit (Celsius) in the day time.
Hello Peter:
I have no way of contacting you other than here so.... I'm a knife and accoutrements maker myself. Being a historian and artificer I'd like to see your making of a 1700's Mountain Man/Fur Trade era knife sheath. Thank you for your consideration. I just became a subscriber yesterday. Love this channel! I'm no longer into the lifestyle as deeply as you, but there was a time in the 70's when I was.
God bless:
Two Feathers
Proprietor of
The Mountain Man Emporium
Berwick, Pa.
That’s a good idea!
Have you read "The Island at the Center of the World", about the founding of what is now NYC? The Dutch absorbed a lot of those more egalitarian ideas, and the governing ideas of the Iroquois, as part of their assembly. Subsequently adopted by the English but also playing on a strong English Common Law thread that helped to define the first colonial governance bodies at Jamestown and in New England. That too was a main element of the Puritan and Congregationalist churches.
I have not read the book Josh but, thank you for the recommendation. It will be on my winter reading list. Also, we appreciate your interest and feedback.
Hey Peter! I really enjoy your videos. My dad, grandfather, mom and uncle use to go arrowhead hunting here in Texas where we live. My dad, grandpa, uncle and mom found all sorts of native American artifacts. Arrowheads, tools, pieces of pottery, even a fish hook made from flint. My uncle found a ceremonial spear point in the side of a creek embankment. He was clearing away dirt, and uncovered it, and the more he cleared away the dirt, the more he uncovered. By the time he was finished, he found a fully entact ceremonial spear point. My grandpa found a stone that dad seems to think must have been around acorns. But when you look at it, it looks like an eyeball. It has the look, shape and everything, but its stone. My grandpa always joked and claimed it was Geronimo's eyeball. lol
Wow! Fantastic finds. Maybe a false eye??? Thanks for sharing.
In Europe there was a people that were known as the beaker people, they lived about 10,000 years ago. I have seen many many of their artifacts including many arrow heads (often made of flint) and I have to say that the beaker people of 10,000 years ago were light years ahead in their work than that you are showing from 5 or 600 years ago which has surprised me because I thought that the Clovis people of the Americas who are of a similar age produced some fairly good works.
I believe they did. There are many pieces that extraordinary but, also many I think were simply functional.
“Indigenous Americans introduced democracy to Europe,”
*Every Ancient Greek from Athens sits up straight and cocks an eyebrow!*
I LOVE the intro theme tune. Like Pavlov’s dogs, I salivate autonomically when I hear it! Thanks for another great video.
Shout out to the camera person - skillz!
Thank you and you are right!
I didn't catch this but as a Greek, thank you for the proper answer 👍
I like little departure videos like this. One of my favorites that breaks up the normal episodes. Very cool!
I believe your copper artifacts are much older than you think, probably 2500 BCE if not older.
That could very well be. No idea of their origins as to a carbon dated site. Thanks for your interest.
Peter I'd suggest the smaller pestle could be for medicine, but also for grinding ochre for face paint. The tiny one would fit in a small paint kit.
That’s brilliant. Thank you!
Very captivating . Your a good teacher. Your passion is infectious. Thanks for sharing....
The music at the start of this video seems so familiar to me but I just can't seem to place it. What is it called? I really enjoy your videos, please keep them coming.
The music is provided to us by a couple of friends from Nova Scotia. Many of the tunes are of their own composition and others are quite old Melodie’s. I’m afraid I can’t tell you the actual name. Appreciate your interest.
Very interesting...Thank you!
Peter the artifacts you have are amazing. Such a large collection that is interesting. Thanks!
Glad you like them!
I have a theory that those little pieces of rocks may have been used for polishing wooden or clay implements, as here: ua-cam.com/video/o2VCp3TPdx0/v-deo.html
You could very well be right, Artem.
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You may have done this already, but I am curious about rot cellars design and the science behind them and what things can be stored in them.
We have disgusted root cellars. As for storage, essentially anything that grows underground … potatoes, carrots, turnip, parsnip, beets. Some exceptions would be onions, they store better in dryer conditions. Certain above ground things. Do well, such as cabbage, we still have cabbage in the cellar and it is almost April.
Very interesting you live quite a life I bet it’s a very nice life keep up the good work God bless
Thanks, Donald.
Hi thank you for a wonderful history lesson we really enjoy the music Larry June and Laurie
the round stone you said was for pounding the jaw bone is not what you said. it is a gaming stone. or chunkey stone
Love the feedback Donnie but, I’d love it if you’d have elaborated.
Greetings Peter, that Rumford fireplace is a beauty. I'am sure it will keep you toasty warm. Is there anyway to control the heat? Other than amount of fuel (logs)?
It has a draft control. I forged out a moose head control, which if you closely you’ll see above the mantle.
@@TheWoodlandEscape that is a fine fireplace and the ability to enjoy an open fire and cook on it would be downright nifty. But heat radiated from a metal stove is downright luxurious. The old country house I was raised in until I was 15 had no insulation in walls or ceiling. You s.ept well enough under heavy covers but you better believe that on zero degree mornings you didn't tarry putting on your clothes or making a flying start for the living room and the roaring fire in the old wood burning stove. At 15 when the folks built a new house and must have a fireplace it didn't take long to realize that by a fireplace you warm only one side at a time while the other is exposed to the draw of cold air from the draft of the open fireplace. Thank God, say I, for bifocals, lightening rods, radiant heat, and Ben Franklin!
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One of the most interesting channels I have come across. Love all the content.
Wow, thank you!
I stumbled upon your channel just a few days ago, I love your work. Here in mid-Atlantic states USA similar artifacts can be found by walking over plowed ground, I even found a projectile point that the roots of a tree brought to the surface. My little collection is cherished by me as an heirloom.
I have a few words for those who talk about "repatriation". Unless the artifact was robbed from a grave, the makers there of left them behind, maybe discarded or replaced because they wanted a new one. To rebury them again would be to erase the memory of those master craftsmen and women who were here thousands of years ago. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I would guess they were an urban dwelling ignorant white person thinking that they were defending the Indigenous people. Would they rebury the French made iron axe? Unfortunately, we live in a time when so many people have no passion for history in their souls.
You bring up some very good points. I have a friend who donated thousands of artifacts to a museum. He visited the museum 2 years later and asked why none of the artifacts were on display. He was told they may never come out storage. So, I’m with on your argument!
Thanks for your reply. I've been binge watching your videos. They are some of the best I've seen on UA-cam.
I ask the question what artisan or artist doesn't delight in having their work admired by others? The women who made the pots didn't have time to waste, but they took time to decorate the pots they made so they would be seen by others. What a waste to hide them. It's a shame that most of the woodland pottery is fragmentary, and I admire the fragments. It the same with the stone tools. @@TheWoodlandEscape
I love this program. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
It’s not a pestle .it’s a quern stone
Such cool artifacts!!! Thanks for all the knowledge!
Great piece mate, thanks.
i love raw turnips, they have a chestnutty flavor
I too like raw turnip but, I’ve met few that share that taste.
This was one of my favorite videos for information .
I find it a fascinating topic and honestly, I just scratched the surface in terms of information. We’re glad you found it informative.
The blue cloud coverage is beautiful! Enjoy these videos so much. Here it is after one am and my eyes are clued to what happens next!
Watching this video a second time and enjoying looking over the artifacts. They are fascinating. I never pick up an arrowhead or grinder or other artifact without studying it and wondering about the fellow or woman who fashioned it. Was he a wanderer from far away or a settled corn farmer . How was his work? Was he a good artisan or just banging something out to get by. What was he thinking as he chipped away. Was he thinking of home and the comfort of the fireside and a full belly or was he contemplating the stars and asking himself the same old questions that we ask today, those same old questions that have plagued mankind from the beginning. Questions which we all ask , knowing all the while we will never find the answers .
We are a lot alike o this topic and for me it doesn’t need to be native artifacts, anything old works. I have a German made violin that pre dates the American Civil War. Whenever I play it I wonder , who owned it, who brought it over on a ship, where has it been played etc. Heck I even love the smell of old things.
@@TheWoodlandEscape me too, Peter. But that violin. I like all types of music and musical instruments. But, to me, a violin is the closest expression to a human soul. It can .laugh and cry, make you want to tap your foot and dance or it can touch your heartstrings in the most powerful way.
@@TheWoodlandEscape let me ask you something, Peter. When you pull the bow across the strings of that old violin how much of the sound that comes out of that old wood is your voice and how much is the memories of other voices trapped in the wood? Bet you've thought about that.
Awesome presentation
Outstanding video Brother !! Peace 👍👍💪💪💪💪💪✌✌
Hi from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing your thoughts and adventures and your family and everyone else and history my friend
As always appreciate your efforts and dedication. I too give educational programs on First Nation life ways and stone age technology. The artifacts really draw the audience in and allows for a deeper understanding in my experience. I try to replicate what I have read and see if the application is practical or just theory. Thanks again and keep your powder dry!
Watch you top knot , Ashley.
super interesting stuff awesome presentation
Thank you, sir. We appreciate your interest and support.
Great lesson, once again. Best of luck on that deer hunt. Keep your powder dry and your sites clean. Blessings!
Thanks William, watch your top knot.
"Love is fleeting. Stone tools are for ever!" I have a coffee mug with that saying on it.
What a great quote. My favorite cup says” Everyone must believe in something, I believe I’ll go canoeing”!
Thank you!!
Only thing to say......BRAVO!
👍 Danke fürs Hochladen!
👍 Thanks for uploading!
👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you!
👍 Sehr gut und schön, danke!
I understand living simply with low impact, but what's with the playing dress-up thing?
great collection! tools like that show people patients! Something we all need more of. Im an old geologist so the types of stone used and the old lost quarries are great to study and try and piece together! Back when I could walk anyway.
Patients does seem to be sadly missing in this modern world… everyone wants everything this very second.
Hello Mr Pete!!
I'm pretty sure you and I live possibly somewhat close to each other. I hear you talking about many southern ontario towns and cities. I'm fairly familiar with the areas due to me living in Woodstock for awhile. I now reside in Sault ste Marie Ontario. Just curious to where (roughly) you live?! It would be amazing to come see you, or if you are passing through my neck of the woods, perhaps we could get together for a few to just learn. Love what you do. Never a disappointment!!
Hey Gerald. We live in Eastern Ontario but, go through the Sault on route to canoe trips and moose hunting.
I grew up on a small dairy farm south west of Woodstock.
@@TheWoodlandEscape like the song "I've been everywhere" southern Ontario is that for me 😆. I haven't gotten a chance to stay and see the sights in most places, but none the less... a great historical part of Ontario! I don't know if you have been there or not... but "Fort St Joseph" on St Joseph Island is a wonderful place to visit and learn from! Maybe a thought for you for one of your videos?!
I have been to the fort numerous times. Camped and participated in an 1812 event there in 2012.
@@TheWoodlandEscape oh wow! That must have been amazing!
Where did you get that little cast iron (assuming cast iron) "table" that you had your tin tea cup on (around position 9:51)?
I made it. It is called a trivet.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Thank you!
Great lesson. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
Flint knapping: I had a flintlock rifle as a teenager in the 1960s. To get flints for it, I would have to send away to somewhere like DGW. Out of desperation, I would find "flinty" looking rocks, take a hammer, and knock flakes off them. When I got sharp-edged flakes, I would break the other edges to the right size for the rifle, and I was back in business.
Necessity is a great way to earn a new skill.
There is nothing better than crossing the bridge onto the island.
Indeed and a bridge soon to be replaced. Are you from Manitoulin?
@@TheWoodlandEscape No I'm in Sudbury and go to the Island every chance I get.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Small world, my grandfather was friends with a family who had a home and cabins on Sugar Island, a few miles and a border away, and we spent many summers there for the fishing. One of the most surprising meals I ever had, and the best, was a Northern Pike smoked by a neighbor, an old Finnish gentleman who had lived on Sugar Island his whole life. That whole region is special in some way that I cannot define.
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I have a stone mortar that I found the next spring after digging a ditch through farm land. It sat at the base of a big oak tree along the Little Luckiamutte river near Dallas Oregon. It was turned upside down, left for the next use so it would not fill with water and break from freezing. It was used to process acorns. A young lady riding a horse found another almost the same size laying in the bottom of the ditch. We found lots of pestle pieces in the fields. I have one that is 14" long. The mortar is 10" around 12" tall. i have 3-5 gallon buckets of arrow heads and other small pieces. Another interesting thing is the land was part of Camp Adair during WW2 and we find a lot of ordinance, quite a bit are still live rounds, even today. There are a few Indian burial mounds along the river right in that area too....James
Wow, great finds!
Great video and lots of interesting information! Thank you sir!