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Müller Geodesic Solitude Johnny's Capsule Geodesic Clay Mud Dome Jurtendorf (Switzerland) Neolithics of Pfyn Building the Houses Weekly & Daily Video Blog Summaries 21st Century Tools Review Reflections Experts Links Strawbale Cabin Site Search Enter term & press ENTER If you found the information useful, consider to make a donation:   Page << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Next >> Neolithics of Pfyn written by Rene K. Mueller, Copyright (c) 2007, last updated Mon, December 3, 2007 Updates Tue, August 28, 2007: Included screenshots for summary and daily video blogs, expanded to 21 pages . Thu, August 23, 2007: Little writeup and links to all video clips (daily coverage and weekly summaries), plus 25 photos of building the houses. . The swiss TV station SF1 project covered two families with kids living a month in a stone age like setup, and being documented by a camera man and his assistant recording the audio; from July 25 - August 20, 2007, with daily coverage with short reviews of what happened the day. It was fairly successfull in regards of popularity, and given it wasn't made in the sensationalistic manner this is even more remarkable. I met one participant, Jörg Mäder , just a couple of weeks before the project started - so I got to know the project a bit closer, as I don't watch TV anymore (not even live streamed). Neolithics of Pfyn Ursula Bots (46) Berni Bots (45) Veronica Bots (18) Matteo Bots (8) Babette Mäder (44) Jörg Mäder (44) Flurina Mäder (12) Flavia Mäder (11) Martin Imhof (21) Christian Hinterberger (25) Building the Houses The details how the buildings were made are illustrated by those photos I found: House skeleton House skeleton (closeup) House skeleton Sealing the wall Finished walls Finished house Finished house Straw setting Straw setting Straw setting Reed roof Web the wall Finished roof (courtesy Joël Traber, Pfyn) Source: Swiss TV SF1 Apprx. 10 ton of clay was moved on location for the ground and walls of the houses. Some more pictures of building houses: Source: Swiss TV SF1 Noteable contribution building the houses came from Max Zurbuchen (Prehistorian) and Andreas Bergamini (Reedroofer). Weekly & Daily Video Blog Summaries All summaries and daily features are 10-30 minutes long, and viewable by real video player , all videos are commented in swiss-german: Week 1 Video Blog Week 1 (2007/08/27) (24 mins): Making fire for the first time in the village, exploring the storage rooms, wheat field, various lifestock (pigs & goats), fresh water, enhancing the beds, first night approaching, cold first night, securing the storage room, milking the goats, first problems digesting the food. Source: Swiss TV SF1 Week 2 Video Blog Week 2 (2007/08/03) (27 mins): Two man start their voyage, and struggle passing a river; meanwhile in the village the first attempt catching fish, an approved hunter provides a wild boar, preparing the boar (skinning) for a meal. Source: Swiss TV SF1 Week 3 Video Blog Week 3 (2007/08/10) (25 mins): Voyage finally ends, found a salt source and going back - in the village extending a small access to the pond, more fishing attempts, breaking of pottery and making glue using birch skin, burning new pottery, draining the ground after days of rain. Source: Swiss TV SF1 Week 4 Video Blog Week 4 (2007/08/17) (27 mins): The two men return to the village with the bag full of salt, preparing a pork for the big feast and preserving the meat (e.g. smoking, salting), family Maeder makes a two day excursion, reflection on what life means, different sense of time. Source: Swiss TV SF1 On the follow pages you find daily video blogs which were broadcast on SF1, part of the blog was live broadcast, like interviews. 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