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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Offering a handbook on flintknapping, this work is written from the archaeological perspective of interpreting stone tools as well as making them. It contains information on making stone tools, and is useful for practicing knappers as well as for teachers of the history of technology, experimental archaeology, and stone tool analysis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments1. Introduction Using This BookLearning to Knap2. Flintknapping: Basic Principles FlintknappingConchoidal FractureProperties of MaterialFlakes and Cores3. A Brief History of Flintknapping Prehistory of Stone ToolsRecent "Stone-Age" PeopleModern KnappingFurther ReadingsOther Resources: Finding Other Knappers4. Raw Materials Stone QualityStone MaterialsHeat-TreatingCollecting Material: Ethical and Practical Considerations5. Safety Proper TechniqueEyesHandsOther Body PartsLungsWaste DisposalBenefits6. Hard-Hammer Percussion Material and EquipmentPercussion-Flaking Principles: An ExperimentPercussion FlakingPlatformsThe Face of the CoreTerminationsCurvatureStarting a CoreSummary: Nine EssentialsExamples7. Pressure Flaking ToolsRaw MaterialFirst PrinciplesWorking PositionBeginningPlatform PreparationThinningNotchingOther Pressure-Flaking TechniquesSummary: Six EssentialsApplication: Small Triangular Points from the SouthwestPressure-Flaking ProblemsPatterned Pressure Flaking8. Soft-Hammer Percussion and Bifaces DefinitionsToolsBeginningSoft-Hammer Principles and ResultsBiface Thinning FlakesFracture TheoriesThe Blow PlatformsBiface StagesKnapping Strategy and Other ConsiderationsExample: A Basic BifaceBiface Problems: Prehistoric MistakesSummary9. Blades and Fluting BladesPlatformsHoldingPunchesThe BlowFlutingExample: Fluted Point10. Using Stone Tools Stone vs. SteelEdges and CuttingMaking a Projectile ForeshaftGoing On11. Archaeological Analysis of Stone Tools TypologyStone Tool Types and Change through TimeWhat People Did with StonesSources of Variation: Why Stone Tools Are Not All AlikeAnalyzing Stone Tool MaterialsTechnology and What It Tells UsFiguring Out FunctionQuestions of StyleConclusionsAppendix: Resources for KnappersReferencesIndex...
