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- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Examples
- 7. Pressure Flaking
- Tools
- Raw Material
- First Principles
- Working Position
- Beginning
- Platform Preparation
- Thinning
- Notching
- Other Pressure-Flaking Techniques
- Summary: Six Essentials
- Application: Small Triangular Points from the Southwest
- Pressure-Flaking Problems
- Patterned Pressure Flaking
- 8. Soft-Hammer Percussion and Bifaces
- Definitions
- Tools
- Beginning
- Soft-Hammer Principles and Results
- Biface Thinning Flakes
- Fracture Theories
- The Blow Platforms
- Biface Stages
- Knapping Strategy and Other Considerations
- Example: A Basic Biface
- Biface Problems: Prehistoric Mistakes
- Summary
- 9. Blades and Fluting
- Blades
- Platforms
- Holding
- Punches
- The Blow
- Fluting
- Example: Fluted Point
- 10. Using Stone Tools
- Stone vs. Steel
- Edges and Cutting
- Making a Projectile Foreshaft
- Going On
- 11. Archaeological Analysis of Stone Tools
- Typology
- Stone Tool Types and Change through Time
- What People Did with Stones
- Sources of Variation: Why Stone Tools Are Not All Alike
- Analyzing Stone Tool Materials
- Technology and What It Tells Us
- Figuring Out Function
- Questions of Style
- Conclusions
- Appendix: Resources for Knappers
- References
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Examples
- 7. Pressure Flaking
- Tools
- Raw Material
- First Principles
- Working Position
- Beginning
- Platform Preparation
- Thinning
- Notching
- Other Pressure-Flaking Techniques
- Summary: Six Essentials
- Application: Small Triangular Points from the Southwest
- Pressure-Flaking Problems
- Patterned Pressure Flaking
- 8. Soft-Hammer Percussion and Bifaces
- Definitions
- Tools
- Beginning
- Soft-Hammer Principles and Results
- Biface Thinning Flakes
- Fracture Theories
- The Blow Platforms
- Biface Stages
- Knapping Strategy and Other Considerations
- Example: A Basic Biface
- Biface Problems: Prehistoric Mistakes
- Summary
- 9. Blades and Fluting
- Blades
- Platforms
- Holding
- Punches
- The Blow
- Fluting
- Example: Fluted Point
- 10. Using Stone Tools
- Stone vs. Steel
- Edges and Cutting
- Making a Projectile Foreshaft
- Going On
- 11. Archaeological Analysis of Stone Tools
- Typology
- Stone Tool Types and Change through Time
- What People Did with Stones
- Sources of Variation: Why Stone Tools Are Not All Alike
- Analyzing Stone Tool Materials
- Technology and What It Tells Us
- Figuring Out Function
- Questions of Style
- Conclusions
- Appendix: Resources for Knappers
- References
- Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780292790834 |
| ISBN-10: | 029279083X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | John C. Whittaker |
| Hersteller: | UNIV OF TEXAS PR |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de |
| Abbildungen: | 12 photographs, 226 line drawings, 2 charts |
| Maße: | 234 x 154 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | John C. Whittaker |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.05.1994 |
| Gewicht: | 0,592 kg |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780292790834 |
| ISBN-10: | 029279083X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | John C. Whittaker |
| Hersteller: | UNIV OF TEXAS PR |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de |
| Abbildungen: | 12 photographs, 226 line drawings, 2 charts |
| Maße: | 234 x 154 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | John C. Whittaker |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.05.1994 |
| Gewicht: | 0,592 kg |
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