I think the magic word is SKILL.
Early native Americans caught fish without steel hooks; hunted with bow and arrows made with wood, feathers and flint points; and cooked their fish and game over fires made without matches.
They started out as children learning those skills. Asking me to make Pre-Columbian pottery would be like asking one of those early Americans to drive my car. We could both learn, but it would take some instruction and/or a lot of trial and error.