11 episodes

Living in the Stone Age Oxford University

- Education
- 3.5 • 4 Ratings

In this series of 11 short films Experimental Archaeologists, Oxford University Lecturers and Bushcraft specialists demonstrate a range of Stone Age crafts, skills and technologies as well as art and music. Each 5 minute film can be used in the classroom to focus on a particular technology. For further information and more Prehistory resources for teachers visit: www.ashmolean.org/education/learningresources

- OCT 13, 2015
- video
Stone tools

Stone tools

William Mills shows the range of stone tools early humans created for different purposes
- 3 min
- OCT 13, 2015
- video
Environments of the past

Environments of the past

William Mills shows how all the technologies interact and how early humans used their environment and their ingenuity in their everyday liv Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
- 2 min
- OCT 13, 2015
- video
Art

Art

The Living in the Stone Age team create a piece of artwork on deerskin using natural pigments made from charcoal, chalk and ochre.
- 3 min
- OCT 13, 2015
- video
Music

Music

Iain Morley talks about evidence of music making in the Stone Age and makes a bull roarer.
- 4 min
- OCT 13, 2015
- video
Fish trapping

Fish trapping

Klint Janulis makes a fish trap using willow and flint tools
- 4 min
- OCT 13, 2015
- video
Fire starting using flint, Iron pyrites and fungus

Fire starting using flint, Iron pyrites and fungus

Manse Ahmad uses King Alfred Cake and Horse hoof fungus, flint and Iron pyrites to raise a flame.
- 5 min