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A still life of ancient tools in the Kings and Scribes exhibition at Winchester Cathedral.
Shot 65/100 x (square format)
122 pictures in 2022 (10) blunt
My guess is curiosity, and experimental projects without procrastination... even in our culture within our time slot, you will notice people that advance in life have been inquisitive to explore news matters over and over again until a specific tool or strategy works.
Mankind evolved from apes?
There is / was not only one mankind. As well as those many extinct versions of humans there are today quite a few variations. The European white man differs from the African, which is different from the oriental, which is different from … well you get the idea. All these variations are examples of the evolution of mankind.
These are instruments that were used by Inuit to hunt in the time before western tools had been introduced into their cultural repetoire. They are museum quality but were probably made in the past 30 years. The one on the bottom was (and is) used to spear fish. Today they are made with metal. The one in the middle was used to fetch game in the water and drag it to the kayak by hunter. The top is a spear with a detachable hook that was used to kill the prey on the water and ensure that it did not sink away. You can see that the wood handles are knotched to provide superior gripping points. These are just a few hunting tools used by Inuit that demonstrate their great ingenuity in surviving in this unforgiving enviroment in the the centuries leading up to colonization. As for the image itself, I decided to give it an unusual crop due to the display location of the tools.
We've embarked on a mission to pull samples from every die we have. This will be time consuming as we well over 500 different styles and types of dies. The learning curve is that each type of die requires different techniques to form the metal. So far, we have made five specialized tools to work with these dies. We know there will more to come.
…number 3.
Cutting thru grasping.
Chod (also written Chöd), the historical nature of the practice, was a marginal and peripheral sadhana ( practice text ), practiced outside traditional Tibetan Buddhist and Indian Tantric institutions with a contraindication as caveat of praxis upon all but the most advanced practitioners. The Third Karmapa (1284–1339) was a very important systematizer of Chod teachings and significantly assisted in their promulgation within the literary and practice lineages of Kagyupa, Nyingmapa and particularly Dzogchen. It is in this transition from the outer charnel ground to the institutions of Tibetan Buddhism that the rite of the Chod becomes more imaginal, an inner practice. That is, the charnel ground becomes an internal imaginal environment. Schaeffer (1995: p. 15) conveys that the Third Karmapa was a systematizer of the Chöd developed by Machig Labdrön and lists a number of his works on Chod consisting of redactions, outlines and commentaries.
Vajrayoginī is a key figure in the advanced Tibetan Buddhist practice of Chöd, where she appears in her Kālikā (Tibetan: Khros ma nag mo) or Vajravārāhī (Tibetan:rDo rje phag mo) forms. The practices of Tröma Nagmo (The Extremely Wrathful Black Mother) associated with the Dakini Troma Nagmo (the black form of Vajrayogini), were also propagated by the great Machig Labdron, who became the most famous female practitioner in Tibet and attained complete enlightenment by this method.
36 hours and i ll will be 37 years...so for my birthday i published an object that remind me my childhood....
p.s.:unfortunately i take a post production with much haste. find the imperfection.
p.s.:purtroppo lho rielaborata in tutta fretta..."trovate l asbavatura"
Man tending his field in Ubud...there are curves everywhere, the grass, the dried palm tree branch, his pants, his blade... but the curves that captured my attention are the ones on his back...
A newly funded project on the origins of Māori society builds on archaeological field research led by SMU’s Mark D. McCoy in the Northland region of New Zealand. (Credit: Mark McCoy, SMU)
This pic shotted from an exhibition about ancient tools and uses of rural people of this place
Curators rebuilt a tipical last century's kitchen, with original pieces, in an original old kitchen!
Very interesting!
SMU archaeologist Mark D. McCoy has been awarded a grant to collaborate with Thegn Ladefoged, University of Auckland, New Zealand, on how New Zealand's Maori society developed. They'll look at the physical evidence of everyday life — tracing when and where ancient tools made from obsidian moved throughout New Zealand. (Credit: Mark McCoy, SMU)
SMU archaeologist Mark D. McCoy has been awarded a grant to collaborate with Thegn Ladefoged, University of Auckland, New Zealand, on how New Zealand's Maori society developed. They'll look at the physical evidence of everyday life — tracing when and where ancient tools made from obsidian moved throughout New Zealand. (Credit: Mark McCoy, SMU)
Obsidian artifacts like these found at archaeological sites across New Zealand will be used to reconstruct ancient social networks as a way to understand how Māori society developed from the first settlements around A.D. 1250. (Credit: Mark McCoy, SMU)
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Funny, one of my most successful attempts at an accurate #paleo fluted point #reproduction I made from #Maryland #rhyolite Tough as heck!!! #paleoindian #obsession #crafts #anthropology #archaeology #lithics #replication #arrowhead #clovis #flint #chert #flintknapping #visionquest #ancientart #ancienttools #ancientweapons #weapon #spear #dart #biggame ift.tt/2aF0SX5
An excavation trench exposes layers of soil used to build an earthen bank fortification. The ancestors of Māori built thousands of such fortifications over a few centuries. (Credit: Mark McCoy, SMU)
On left is an example of a grey obsidian artifact from Great Barrier Island, and on the right is a green obsidian from Mayor Island; both artifacts were recovered from Mt. Wellington. (Credit: Mark McCoy, SMU)
Hunting Giant Mud Crabs At Mangrove Areas By Using Ancient Tools
#huntingcrab #mangrovecrab #ancientTools #Mudcrab
This millstone (or "kværnsten" in Danish) stands silently near Selsø Slot, a relic from an era long past. The stone, now weathered and covered with moss, speaks to the history of the land and the old milling practices once common in the area. These millstones were used to grind grains into flour, a crucial part of daily life in historical Denmark. The ridges and grooves you see were meticulously carved to help in the grinding process. This particular stone appears to be a lower millstone, with a center hole that once held a wooden spindle connected to the upper stone. This stone's setting against the backdrop of the Danish countryside adds a serene quality, reminding us of the slow passage of time.