Where Most Prepping Falls Short:

[Oggydoggy100]

What a very well informed article. Most of what you say is true. I have worked in the Heritage Field for over 35 years and started projects in experimental archeaology, mainly Iron Age, Roman and Medieval.

I have had the chance to learn numerous skills from basic flint knapping & metal working to making basic ceramics. I never thought I would ever use this skills outside of the Research Archaeology Field, but hey, you would be surprised how useful these skills are.

Lost my knife once so had no cutting implement, but found some local flint and was able to knapp a very basic cutting tool in around 20 mins, just one example of how ancient skills could be of use to preppers, just requires practice.