Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-l7hp2 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-27T20:36:45.389Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Appendix B - Survival Archaeology Recommended Readings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2023

John J. Shea
John J. Shea
Affiliation:
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Get access

Summary

A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Chapter
Information
The Unstoppable Human Species
The Emergence of Homo Sapiens in Prehistory
 , pp. 305 - 306
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Bushcraft

Boudreau, David, and Hawke, Mykel. Foraging for Survival: Edible Wild Plants of North America. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. Mainly a guide to identifying plants, edible and otherwise. Good color photos of every plant listed.Google Scholar
Elbroch, Mark, Liebenberg, Louis, and Louw, Adriaan Dr. 2010. Practical Tracking: A Guide to Following Footprints and Finding Animals. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books.Google Scholar
Elpel, Thomas J. 2004. Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification: Thomas J. Elpel’s Herbal Field Guide to Plant Families, 5th ed. Pony, MT: Hollowtop Outdoor Primitive School. Simple and straightforward introductory-level reference work annotated with information about plant uses. Illustrations are line drawings, rather than photos.Google Scholar
Emory, Kenneth. P. 1943. South Sea Lore. Honolulu, HI: Bishop Museum (Special Publication 33). Survival guide issued to sailors and airmen in the Pacific Theater during World War II.Google Scholar
Kochanski, M. 1987. Bushcraft: Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival. Vancouver: Lone Pine Publishing. This classic work emphasizes skills relevant to northern forest habitats.Google Scholar
McPherson, J., and McPherson, G.. 1993. Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills. Randolph, KS: Prairie Wolf Publications.Google Scholar
McPherson, J., and McPherson, G.. 1996. Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills: Applied and Advanced. Randolph, KS: Prairie Wolf Publications.Google Scholar
Knight, J. 2022. The Essential Skills of Wilderness Survival: A Guide to Shelter, Water, Fire, Food, Navigation, and Survival Kits. Monroe, WA: Alderleaf Wilderness College Press.Google Scholar

Wilderness Survival

Fears, J. Wayne. 2018. The Scouting Guide to Survival: An Officially-Licensed Book of the Boy Scouts of America. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. For parents and children. One of several in the BSA Guides Series.Google Scholar
Lundin, Cody. 2003. 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive. Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith. A quirky, witty book, by an unconventional author, but one that is packed with important insights from an experienced survival instructor. For other works and classes, see www.codylundin.com.Google Scholar
Towell, Colin. 2020. The Survival Handbook: New Edition. New York: DK Publishing. A work originally commissioned for the Boy Scouts of America, this is an impressively comprehensive and superbly illustrated bushcraft/wilderness survival work.Google Scholar

Both Bushcraft and Wilderness Survival

Editors of Stackpole Books (compiled by Amy Rost). 2007. Survival Wisdom & Know How: Everything You Need to Know to Subsist in the Wilderness. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. A massive (480-page) encyclopedia of bushcraft and wilderness survival information compiled from Stackpole Books’ many shorter books on these topics. Note: This book is very large with very small print.Google Scholar
Quiñonez, J. P. 2022. Thrive: Long-Term Wilderness Survival Guide. Winnipeg: Boreal Creek Press.Google Scholar

Selected Websites

Aboriginal Living Skills School in Prescott, Arizona, offers small-enrollment skills and survival courses focused on montane and desert habitats (www.codylundin.com).Google Scholar
Alderleaf Wilderness College in Monroe, Washington, offers a variety of online, printed, and face-to-face instructional resources (www.wildernesscollege.com/).Google Scholar
The Boulder Outdoor Survival School in Boulder, Utah, enjoys a long-standing and national reputation for excellence in wilderness survival instruction (www.boss-inc.com/).Google Scholar

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×