Vocabulary:
Craftsmanship means skill in a particular craft.
A craft is an activity that involves skill in making things by hand.
The Industrial Revolution was a period of great scientific and technological development that began in Great Britain in the 18th Century, with one of its defining characteristics being the transition from creating goods by hand to creating goods with the use of machines.
A precursor is a person or thing that comes before another of the same kind.
A withy pot is a type of trap made from willow sticks and used for catching crabs and lobsters.
Extinction is the state of being no longer in existence.