Flintknapping: Making & Understanding Stone Tools

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A detailed, practical guide to the ancient craft of making stone tools, featuring an archaeological analysis.

Flintknapping is an ancient craft enjoying a resurgence of interest among both amateur and professional students of prehistoric cultures. In this 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.

“A mid-range user’s guide to flintknapping is long overdue. There have been some admirable attempts to produce such a volume, but these have been targeted at specific, fairly narrow audiences. Not so with Flintknapping… . [Whittaker’s] clear aim is to reach professional archaeologists as well as hobbyists. I believe he achieves this goal with incredible skill and humor… . I highly recommend this book to everyone interested in flintknapping. ” —Plains Anthropologist

“Very attractive to readers interested in ancient crafts, survival skills, or the history of technology … . Far superior to anything currently available. ” —James C. Woods, director, The Herrett Museum, College of Southern Idaho

© 2010 University of Texas Press (E-bok): 9780292792555

Utgivelsesdato

E-bok: 25. juni 2010

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