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  • Flintknapping ? Making and Understanding Stone Tools: Making and Understanding Stone Tools

    Flintknapping ? Making and Understanding Stone Tools by Whittaker, John C.;

    Making and Understanding Stone Tools

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 1
    • Publisher MU ? University of Texas Press
    • Date of Publication 1 May 1994
    • Number of Volumes Paperback

    • ISBN 9780292790834
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages352 pages
    • Size 234x154x24 mm
    • Weight 586 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 12 photos, 226 line drawings, 2 charts
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    Short description:

    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.

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    Long description:

    Flintknapping is an ancient craft enjoying a resurgence of interest among both amateur and professional students of prehistoric cultures. John C. Whitaker's bestselling guide is a detailed handbook on flintknapping, 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&&&x2019;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&&&x2019;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.

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