Other Survival Skills

In adition to their 2 PM Programs, the Jeffers Petroglyphs staff and volunteers also teach many other ancient survival skills, some of which have been used for thousands of years. This list is by no means conclusive, as new skills are being learned and added all the time. Flintknapping (arrowhead making) and Artifact Identification For more information, check out Projectile Points of Minnesota, Lithic Raw Material Resources in Minnesota, or LITHICS-Net Point identification. You can also try your hand at "virtual" flintknapping, by downloading the Flintknapping Simulator program. Atlatl and Dart Making Pottery Making Some skills they hope to add this year or some other time in the future include: Fire Starting Seting up/taking down tipis Making and using ancient gardening tools Making bone tools Making antler tools

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