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Flintknapping : making and understanding stone tools

text Flintknapping : making and understanding stone tools

Whittaker, John C. (John Charles)

Summary: 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 flintkn... Read more

Contents: 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... Read more

Format: text

Description: 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Publisher: University of Texas Press 1994

Library	Location	Status
Woodmere (Main Branch)	930.1 WHI in Adult Non-fiction	Available

Library	Location	Status
TADL-WOOD	930.1 WHI in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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