by JohnC.Whittaker (Author)
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.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 352
Edition: 1
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 01 Jan 1994
ISBN 10: 029279083X
ISBN 13: 9780292790834
Book Overview: ... 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