Testing Prehistoric Bow at the Moesgaard Museum, Denmark

 

How Not to Facet/Grind

Grinding upwards towards yourself is dangerous for many reasons. This is one example.

This occurred during a handaxe production test designed, filmed and accessed by post doctorate researcher Nada Kreisheh in the Learning to be Human project.

Incident occurs at 4.15 mins.

This is Hard to Show You

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‘Desert Glass’ found near Eagle Rock, Los Angeles. I knapped this piece with the usual British red deer antler and some locally sourced granite hammer stones

Levallois?

Things got a bit Levallois whilst starting to thin this biface 

A Clear and Final Ending

Yet again, some tough grainy material from Seaton beach. But, after a few full-face Solutrean-esque flake removals, the end is clear

TAG on Sea conference 2013!

Julie Gill from Bournemouth University has her first experience flaking a biface core

A quick knife with some really tough material

I found a large grainy flat shore-warn flint knodule along Seaton beach and, after some pretty hefty blows, eventually knapped this useful kitchen knife. This deserved some heat treatment!

Cooking beef before flint at Moesgaard Museum, Denmark

Flint can be heat treated in order to improve its knapping qualities. This is heavily dependant on the material type… The large flakes seen by the fire have been stored for later heat treatment.

Engaging with wise men

Professor Bruce Bradley gives tips on the pressure flaking technique in Les Eyzies- Solutrean region, France

Porcelain Axe

I made this from a porcelain core fired specifically for knapping