Prim Tech 2005

Matthew Pope and Geoff Smith contributed to Prim Tech again this year. Experiments in spear manufacture and impact were undertaken on Fallow Deer carcasses and student were taught how to make rudimentary stone tools and use them to butcher the animals. The meat helped to feed the 70 odd staff and students camped in Sussex for the weekend, undertaking experiments in activities such as copper smelting, foraging, hut building, flute making and textile production.




The spear experiments showed that the penetration potential of wooden projectile was significantly less than we had previously anticipated. Future experiments are now being developed to explore variables such as wood type, technique, velocity and point configuration.