Flintknapping, the making of stone tools, is an ancient craft enjoying a resurgence of interest among both amateur and professional students of prehistoric cultures. This guide contains detailed, practical information on making stone tools.
Flintknapping, the making of stone tools, is an ancient craft enjoying a resurgence of interest among both amateur and professional students of prehistoric cultures. This guide contains detailed, practical information on making stone tools.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John C. Whittaker is a professor of anthropology at Grinnell College and the author of American Flintknappers: Stone Age Art in the Age of Computers .
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1. Acknowledgments 2. 1. Introduction * Using This Book * Learning to Knap 3. 2. Flintknapping: Basic Principles * Flintknapping * Conchoidal Fracture * Properties of Material * Flakes and Cores 4. 3. A Brief History of Flintknapping * Prehistory of Stone Tools * Recent "Stone-Age" People * Modern Knapping * Further Readings * Other Resources: Finding Other Knappers 5. 4. Raw Materials * Stone Quality * Stone Materials * Heat-Treating * Collecting Material: Ethical and Practical Considerations 6. 5. Safety * Proper Technique * Eyes * Hands * Other Body Parts * Lungs * Waste Disposal * Benefits 7. 6. Hard-Hammer Percussion * Material and Equipment * Percussion-Flaking Principles: An Experiment * Percussion Flaking * Platforms * The Face of the Core * Terminations * Curvature * Starting a Core * Summary: Nine Essentials * Examples 8. 7. Pressure Flaking * Tools * Raw Material * First Principles * Working Position * Beginning * Platform Preparation * Thinning * Notching * Other Pressure-Flaking Techniques * Summary: Six Essentials * Application: Small Triangular Points from the Southwest * Pressure-Flaking Problems * Patterned Pressure Flaking 9. 8. Soft-Hammer Percussion and Bifaces * Definitions * Tools * Beginning * Soft-Hammer Principles and Results * Biface Thinning Flakes * Fracture Theories * The Blow Platforms * Biface Stages * Knapping Strategy and Other Considerations * Example: A Basic Biface * Biface Problems: Prehistoric Mistakes * Summary 10. 9. Blades and Fluting * Blades * Platforms * Holding * Punches * The Blow * Fluting * Example: Fluted Point 11. 10. Using Stone Tools * Stone vs. Steel * Edges and Cutting * Making a Projectile Foreshaft * Going On 12. 11. Archaeological Analysis of Stone Tools * Typology * Stone Tool Types and Change through Time * What People Did with Stones * Sources of Variation: Why Stone Tools Are Not All Alike * Analyzing Stone Tool Materials * Technology and What It Tells Us * Figuring Out Function * Questions of Style * Conclusions 13. Appendix: Resources for Knappers 14. References 15. Index
1. Acknowledgments 2. 1. Introduction * Using This Book * Learning to Knap 3. 2. Flintknapping: Basic Principles * Flintknapping * Conchoidal Fracture * Properties of Material * Flakes and Cores 4. 3. A Brief History of Flintknapping * Prehistory of Stone Tools * Recent "Stone-Age" People * Modern Knapping * Further Readings * Other Resources: Finding Other Knappers 5. 4. Raw Materials * Stone Quality * Stone Materials * Heat-Treating * Collecting Material: Ethical and Practical Considerations 6. 5. Safety * Proper Technique * Eyes * Hands * Other Body Parts * Lungs * Waste Disposal * Benefits 7. 6. Hard-Hammer Percussion * Material and Equipment * Percussion-Flaking Principles: An Experiment * Percussion Flaking * Platforms * The Face of the Core * Terminations * Curvature * Starting a Core * Summary: Nine Essentials * Examples 8. 7. Pressure Flaking * Tools * Raw Material * First Principles * Working Position * Beginning * Platform Preparation * Thinning * Notching * Other Pressure-Flaking Techniques * Summary: Six Essentials * Application: Small Triangular Points from the Southwest * Pressure-Flaking Problems * Patterned Pressure Flaking 9. 8. Soft-Hammer Percussion and Bifaces * Definitions * Tools * Beginning * Soft-Hammer Principles and Results * Biface Thinning Flakes * Fracture Theories * The Blow Platforms * Biface Stages * Knapping Strategy and Other Considerations * Example: A Basic Biface * Biface Problems: Prehistoric Mistakes * Summary 10. 9. Blades and Fluting * Blades * Platforms * Holding * Punches * The Blow * Fluting * Example: Fluted Point 11. 10. Using Stone Tools * Stone vs. Steel * Edges and Cutting * Making a Projectile Foreshaft * Going On 12. 11. Archaeological Analysis of Stone Tools * Typology * Stone Tool Types and Change through Time * What People Did with Stones * Sources of Variation: Why Stone Tools Are Not All Alike * Analyzing Stone Tool Materials * Technology and What It Tells Us * Figuring Out Function * Questions of Style * Conclusions 13. Appendix: Resources for Knappers 14. References 15. Index
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