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Making Pine-Pitch Adhesive

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A short video showing my method for making pine-pitch adhesive (a natural hot-melt glue using dry/solidified pine sap as its main ingredient). Pine-pitch adhesive and other similar plant sap adhesives were used by our human ancestors for thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years. Following this video is another demonstrating the use of pine-pitch adhesive to secure two stone points to wood shafts (and arrowhead and an atlatl dart point). "Hafting" is the term used to describe the process of affixing stone points in this fashion. Thanks for watching. If you're interested in prehistoric technology, come visit the vibrant on-line community we have at PaleoPlanet.net Please excuse the "low budget" quality video! Tom Mills Pasadena, CA

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: April 20, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Author: Paleoaleo

Length: 09:57
Rating: 5.00
Views: 2412

Tags: Adhesive  arrow  arrowhead  atlatl  paleoplanet  Pine  Pitch  points  spear  Stone  

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gearysveggies (September 23, 2008 at 3:44 am)
Nice video Tom! I think ill try making some next weekend. one question, how sticky is it to skin? It didn't really stick to you but it is called an adhesive...
scrumptiousvittles (August 25, 2008 at 8:02 pm)
could end up being a messy affair i suppose... thanks
Paleoaleo (August 8, 2008 at 4:18 pm)
Good question (about the containers)! The answer is probably different for different geographic locations, with different resources. In coastal areas, shells could have/would have been used. I've used both large clam shells and abalone shells. Also, soapstone was used in lieu of pottery in many places in the world. Here in California tribes made wide use of soapstone for cooking vessels . I'd also think that this can be done on a flat rock sitting on some hot coals - haven't tried it though.
scrumptiousvittles (June 9, 2008 at 12:48 am)
k, paleoaleo, i've got a couple good ones now, should you choose to tackle them. how was this done before metal containers? and... could you give me a good rough volume ratio of sap to charcoal to manure/dried grass to start experimenting with? these videos are amazingly helpful. particularly with these kinds of skills i find you can learn more in 1 minute of mere youtube video than in 50 pages of reading.
scrumptiousvittles (June 9, 2008 at 12:35 am)
well, never mind about that. i just got to the "dead dry grass" bit :)
scrumptiousvittles (June 9, 2008 at 12:32 am)
great video. do you think moose/deer droppings would work just as well as manure? or do you know of any other materials i could find in the woods that would serve the same purpose?
mellingerb (April 28, 2008 at 1:29 pm)
great veido I've really learned alot
netytan (April 26, 2008 at 6:15 am)
Sweet, glue stick :).
Crashed518 (April 21, 2008 at 1:46 am)
Thank you very much! I have been wondering how this was made, after admiring some of the wonderful hand made tools which use it.
AinokeA365 (April 21, 2008 at 1:41 am)
lol the dog doesn't like the smell. probably smells like...horse manure. i wonder why? lol great vid im gonna try it!

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