ABSTRACT

Despite facing the challenges of preservation and rarity of evidence in the archaeological record, hafting methods are a research pursuit of archaeologists seeking to explain the construction of weapons and tools. Various works have included references to a unique method of hafting, referred to in this article as growth-assisted hafting, which involved inserting a stone into a living tree branch and waiting for wood growth to encase the inclusion before harvesting and constructing the knife, club or axe. Such a method would lack toolmarks and exhibit some evidence in wood grain patterns and possible abnormal fiber build-up of continued tree growth around the inclusion. This paper is a historical review of the alleged practice based on accounts from around the world and how the practice has re-appeared in the modern primitive skills subculture.

摘要

尽管在考古记录中面临着保存和证据稀少的挑战，但挖掘方法是考古学家的一项研究追求，旨在解释武器和工具的构造。各种作品都提到了一种独特的 Hafting 方法，在本文中称为生长辅助 Hafting，其中包括将石头插入活的树枝中，并等待木材生长将内含物包裹起来，然后再收获和制造刀、棍棒或斧头。这种方法将缺乏工具标记，并在木纹图案和内含物周围持续树木生长的可能异常纤维堆积方面表现出一些证据。本文根据来自世界各地的叙述对所谓的实践进行了历史回顾，以及该实践如何在现代原始技能亚文化中重新出现。