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- Flintknapping : making and understanding stone tools / by Whittaker, John C.(John Charles),1953-(CARDINAL)377427;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-335) and index.1. Introduction. Using This Book. Learning to Knap -- 2. Flintknapping: Basic Principles. Flintknapping. Conchoidal Fracture. Properties of Material. Flakes and Cores -- 3. A Brief History of Flintknapping. Prehistory of Stone Tools. Recent "Stone-Age" People. Modern Knapping. Further Readings. Other Resources: Finding Other Knappers -- 4. Raw Materials. Stone Quality. Stone Materials. Heat-Treating. Collecting Material: Ethical and Practical Considerations -- 5. Safety. Proper Technique. Eyes. Hands. Other Body Parts. Lungs. Waste Disposal. Benefits -- 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 -- 7. Pressure Flaking. Tools. Raw Material. First Principles. Working Position. Beginning. Platform Preparation. Thinning. Notching. Other Pressure-Flaking Techniques. Summary: Six Essentials.Flintknapping, the making of stone tools, 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.Whittaker also considers the archaeological value of stone tools as a record of the history of past cultures and of the development of tool technology through time and its human consequences. He includes numerous references to scholarly and more general literature and an extensive bibliography for readers who wish to pursue these topics further. 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.- Subjects: Flintknapping.; Stone implements.;
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- Flint knapping : a guide to making your own Stone Age toolkit / by Turner, Robert(Writer on flint knapping),author.(CARDINAL)429515;
Includes bibliographical references (page 156) and index.Flint knapping was one of the primary skills for survival for our prehistoric ancestors. This highly original guide will enable the reader, with practice, to manufacture their own Stone Age tool kit. The expert author guides the reader on a journey of discovery, passing on ancient knowledge of how flint tools from the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze age were made and used.- Subjects: Flintknapping.; Stone implements.;
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- Making silent stones speak : human evolution and the dawn of technology / by Schick, Kathy Diane.(CARDINAL)758671; Toth, Nicholas Patrick.(CARDINAL)778694;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-334) and index.Before the dawn -- The stone age considered -- Dawn breaks : the first stone tool makers -- Fashioning our future : the making of early stone tools -- The role of rock : uses of early stone tools -- The nature and significance of early stone age sites -- The handaxe makers and their contemporaries -- The human threshold -- Brave new world?- Subjects: Flintknapping.; Stone age.; Tool use in animals.; Tools, Prehistoric.;
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- Tommy Blackburn on Daniel Boone Day at Whippoorwill Academy [videorecording] / by Blackburn, Tommy.; J. Martin Productions.; Wilkes Community College.(CARDINAL)200816;
Filmed at Whippoorwill Academy on Daniel Boone Day, 2007. Tommy Blackburn demonstrates flintknapping. Financing provided by Ginn Corporation, Lowes Companies, Inc. DVD format.- Subjects: Flintknapping; Tools, Prehistoric; Weapons, Prehistoric;
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- Making Native American hunting, fighting, and survival tools / by Burch, Monte.(CARDINAL)143688;
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- Subjects: Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Indian weapons; Bow and arrow; Flintknapping; Implements, utensils, etc.;
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- Arrowheads & stone artifacts : a practical guide for the amateur archaeologist / by Yeager, C. G.(Carl Gary),1942-(CARDINAL)752806;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-216) and index.Amateur archaeologists' code of ethics -- Antiquity laws: Is your activity legal? -- Why look for artifacts? -- The "fling" materials -- How artifacts were made -- Arrowhead, spearpoint, or knife? -- Stone artifacts -- Where artifacts are found -- How to hunt artifacts -- Modern-day flintknapping -- Documentation and preservation -- Organizations and activities.- Subjects: Archaeology; Archaeology; Arrowheads; Stone implements;
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- Arrowheads and stone artifacts : a practical guide for the amateur archaeologist / by Yeager, C. G.(Carl Gary),1942-author.(CARDINAL)752806;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Amateur archaeologists' code of ethics -- Antiquity laws-is your activity legal? -- Why look for artifacts? -- The "flint" materials -- How artifacts were made -- Arrowhead, spearpoint, or knife? -- Stone artifacts -- Where artifacts are found -- How to hunt artifacts -- Modern-day flintknapping -- Documentation and preservation -- Organizations and activities.- Subjects: Indians of North America; Arrowheads; Projectile points; Stone implements; Indians of North America;
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- Participating in Nature : wilderness survival and primitive living skills / by Elpel, Thomas J.(CARDINAL)270160;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Plants (Identification basics -- Common and Latin names -- The digging stick -- Wild food economics -- Wild gardening -- Natural farming -- The ethics of killing -- Worthwhile plant food resources -- Edible lichens -- Savory syrup -- Starchy roots -- Fabulous fruits -- Harvesting seeds -- Nutritious nuts -- Mushrooms) -- Animals (Sneak stalking and trust stalking -- Animals and ecosystem processes -- Global warming -- Holistic management -- The quickie-bow -- Flintknapping thoughts -- Bone arrowheads -- Making arrows -- All about hide glue -- Sinew preparation -- Wildlife laws -- Butchering a roadkill deer -- Gutting a deer -- Skinning a deer -- Butchering basics -- Primitive hunting -- Deadfall traps) -- Clothing (Braintan overview -- Braintanned buckskin -- Freeze-tanned buckskin -- Sewing buckskin -- Shoes, moccasins, and sandals -- Tire sandals -- Wool clothing and blanket ponchos -- Felting) -- Sunset (Backpack overview -- The bedroll pack -- Packframes -- Mining and wilderness -- Trade-offs in packing gear -- The equipment checklist) -- Afterword : the art of nothing.Sunrise (Earthskin -- The Pony Mill site -- Our place in the world -- Positive impact -- Participating in Nature -- The cost of gold -- Finding a home and making a stand) -- Mind (Nature as wallpaper -- Discoidal stone knives -- Saving the world -- Technology philosophy -- Twined baskets -- Evolving neural networks -- Primitive living as metaphor -- Personas and acting -- The information age -- Split-willow deer -- Perceptions of reality) -- Shelter (Goals -- The elements of shelter : shingling -- Efficiency -- The elements of shelter : insulation -- Adapting shelters to the environment -- The elements of shelter : fire -- Recouping your investments -- The elements of shelters : air-proofing -- Impacts and reclamation -- The earth lodge -- Choosing a location) -- Fire (Bowdrill fire-starting -- Bowdrill technique -- Starting bowdrill fires with damp materials -- Survival bowdrills : fire from nothing -- Handdrill fire-starting -- Handdrill technique -- Other friction fire-making methods -- Flint and steel fire-starting -- Principles of fire-starting -- Campfire logistics and safety -- Splitting matches -- Energy conservation) -- Water (Birch bark canisters -- Giardia and water purification -- Water conservation -- Crapping in the woods -- Fishing by hand -- Making cordage from natural fibers -- Twisting fibers into cordage -- Primitive fishing tackle -- Skinny-dipping) -- Cooking (Tin cans/stainless steel cans -- Cooking without a pan -- Coal-burned containers -- Making hollow-log drums -- Cooking in a gold pan -- Stir-fry without a pan -- Ashcakes : bread of the modern Abo -- Bamboo spoon/fork and chopsticks -- Stone ovens and steam pits -- Complete proteins -- Primitive pottery : harvesting wild clay -- Adding temper -- Wedging the clay -- Making pinch pots -- Making coil pots -- Drying pottery -- Firing time -- Cooking in clay pots -- Beliefs about food -- Mice and hantavirus) --- Subjects: Wilderness survival.; Outdoor life.;
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- Primitive living, self-sufficiency, and survival skills : a field guide to primitive living skills / by Elpel, Thomas J.(CARDINAL)270160;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-194) and index.- Subjects: Outdoor life.; Wilderness survival.;
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