Flintknapping : : Making and Understanding Stone Tools / / John C. Whittaker.
Flintknapping is an ancient craft enjoying a resurgence of interest among both amateur and professional students of prehistoric cultures. In this new guide, John C. Whittaker offers the most detailed handbook on flintknapping currently available and the only one written from the archaeological persp...
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Whittaker, John C., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Flintknapping : Making and Understanding Stone Tools / John C. Whittaker. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021] ©1994 1 online resource (352 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 FLINTKNAPPING: BASIC PRINCIPLES -- 3 A BRIEF HISTORY OF FLINTKNAPPING -- 4 RAW MATERIALS -- 5 SAFETY -- 6 HARD-HAMMER PERCUSSION -- 7 PRESSURE FLAKING -- 8 SOFT-HAMMER PERCUSSION AND BIFACES -- 9 BLADES AND FLUTING -- 10 USING STONE TOOLS -- 11 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF STONE TOOLS -- APPENDIX RESOURCES FOR KNAPPERS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Flintknapping is an ancient craft enjoying a resurgence of interest among both amateur and professional students of prehistoric cultures. In this new guide, John C. Whittaker offers the most detailed handbook on flintknapping currently available and the only one written from the archaeological perspective of interpreting stone tools as well as making them. Flintknapping contains detailed, practical information on making stone tools. Whittaker starts at the beginner level and progresses to discussion of a wide range of techniques. He includes information on necessary tools and materials, as well as step-by-step instructions for making several basic stone tool types. Numerous diagrams allow the reader to visualize the flintknapping process, and drawings of many stone tools illustrate the discussions and serve as models for beginning knappers. Written for a wide amateur and professional audience, Flintknapping will be essential for practicing knappers as well as for teachers of the history of technology, experimental archaeology, and stone tool analysis. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022) Flintknapping. Stone implements. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000 9783110745351 https://doi.org/10.7560/790827 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292748187 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292748187/original |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 FLINTKNAPPING: BASIC PRINCIPLES -- 3 A BRIEF HISTORY OF FLINTKNAPPING -- 4 RAW MATERIALS -- 5 SAFETY -- 6 HARD-HAMMER PERCUSSION -- 7 PRESSURE FLAKING -- 8 SOFT-HAMMER PERCUSSION AND BIFACES -- 9 BLADES AND FLUTING -- 10 USING STONE TOOLS -- 11 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF STONE TOOLS -- APPENDIX RESOURCES FOR KNAPPERS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 FLINTKNAPPING: BASIC PRINCIPLES -- 3 A BRIEF HISTORY OF FLINTKNAPPING -- 4 RAW MATERIALS -- 5 SAFETY -- 6 HARD-HAMMER PERCUSSION -- 7 PRESSURE FLAKING -- 8 SOFT-HAMMER PERCUSSION AND BIFACES -- 9 BLADES AND FLUTING -- 10 USING STONE TOOLS -- 11 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF STONE TOOLS -- APPENDIX RESOURCES FOR KNAPPERS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
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