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Stone arrowheads, produced through a process known as knapping, are a major focus of events like the Bald Eagle Knap-In Primitive Arts Festival held annually by the Susquehanna Valley Flint ...
By Tri-City Herald staff Updated October 01, 2011 5:08 PM ...
Archaeologists most often find lithic flakes, i.e., waste from stone tool production, at Stone Age sites. However, sometimes stone tools can be dated more precisely based on their shape or the used ...
Kila man uses flint knapping to bring history to life A long-time arrowhead collector, Kila's Tom Blais has been learning how to make the stone tools himself for nearly 30 years.
Knapping, which is a technique used to shape stone, is the main attraction for the 27th annual Water Creek Knapin, set to take place May 1-4. Organizers Gwen and Wesley Shipman have seen a steady ...
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 ...
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - A group at Arts in the Sunset in Amarillo is continuing the tradition of flint knapping. Donald Cameron with Panhandle Flint Knappers says around 2007, he ran into a man ...
“Knapping injuries were a risk past peoples were willing to take,” said Metin I. Eren, Ph.D., associate professor and director of archaeology at Kent State University.
News & Views Published: 19 October 2016 Behavioural biology Stones that could cause ripples Hélène Roche Nature 539, 34–35 (2016) Cite this article ...
The ultimate in retro weapons manufacturing will be demonstrated from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, and from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the community center in Roaring Springs. Projec… ...