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In 2025, Israeli archaeologists unearthed an incredible Early Bronze Age flint blade production workshop from 5,500 years ago ...
He learned flint knapping from people who were at the get-togethers throughout the summer. “People like me get together here to sit around and teach each other,” Graham said.
Ben Kirkland will teach flint-knapping and fire-making at Pebble Hill on Oct. 29, 2022.
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. — Sycamore Shoals State Park in Elizabethton is playing host to a class to learn about a pre-historic skill On Saturday, a group hosted what's known as a "knap-in". Knapping ...
The Coshocton Flint Festival and Knap-In goes back 40 years, but is in its second year in Coshocton. It features various vendors and artisans making arrowheads, spears, stone tools and more. Flint ...
Flintknapping, the art of creating arrow points, knives and other tools from rocks prone to conchoidal fracturing, is the addiction of a few in the traditional weapons crowd.
“Flint knapping is one thing that we all have in common. It’s something that all of our ancestors were doing at some point in cultures all across the world,” Blais said.
The tool Graf used is called a pressure “flaker.” It allow him to shape the arrow head into any shape that he wants it. Flint knapping has been around for around 4 million years.
Stone suitable for flint knapping is fine-grained and isotropic, sharp, and characteristically prone to production failures in the hands of novicesThis poses significant problems for university ...
Park Rangers from the Nebraska National Forests & Grasslands, Hudson-Meng Education and Research Center will host an interpretive program on Saturday, July 7, at 10:30 am. The talk will be ...
The Coshocton Flint Festival and Knap-In is May 24 to 26 at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds. It's the second year locally for the event once at Flint Ridge in Heath. The event will feature craftsmen ...