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I am pretty sure if you like primitive tech you would love the historical documentaries BBC did on this subject. Primitive tech's presentation and focus on one
by rawnlq 10y ago
I am pretty sure if you like primitive tech you would love the historical documentaries BBC did on this subject.
Primitive tech's presentation and focus on one technique per video is nice. But for comprehensiveness, you can't beat reenacting the 15th-16th century by living on a farm for a year like what BBC did in "Tales from the Green Valley", "Tudor Monastery Farms", and related series.
A lot of the exact techniques primitive tech covered is also covered by those series:
Fish traps: https://youtu.be/ZIbhoR1GBuI?t=302 https://youtu.be/ZIbhoR1GBuI?t=302
Wattle and daub wall: https://youtu.be/Qn1h8DOQGEQ?t=589 https://youtu.be/Qn1h8DOQGEQ?t=589
Building roofs: https://youtu.be/jgjFsR-c0-Q?t=558 https://youtu.be/jgjFsR-c0-Q?t=558
Smelting lead ores: https://youtu.be/ZIbhoR1GBuI?t=837 https://youtu.be/ZIbhoR1GBuI?t=837
etc etc
- throwaway76543 10y agoIt's a neat subject, but I think you may have missed m0nty's point, a perspective which I share, about "jazzing up" with unnecessary dialog. I just clicked on "Fish traps" and my ears are full of idle banter between the two people making traps and whenever they're quiet for more than a moment the narrator breaks in. Someone is speaking at all time and it's obnoxious. This complaint is entirely distinct from how comprehensively they cover subject matter. BBC historical documentaries are far from the worst offender in this area (American TV is far, far worse), but primitive tech does a much better job than the BBC of permitting the audience to simply observe and absorb.