Flintknapping: Making and Understanding Stone Tools

John C. Whittaker

ISBN 10: 029279083X / ISBN 13: 9780292790834

Verlag: University of Chicago Press Chicago Distribution Center May 1994, 1994

Beschreibung

Very Good books: Generally have minor surface flaws, such as store stickers and light soiling, to covers and/or jackets if so issued. Jackets may be price clipped and/or have light chipping and/or short tears as noted. Some bumping and shelf wear to be expected. May have prev. owner name, remainder mark, or occasional dog-earred page, but otherwise unmarked. Tight binding. Will have any accessory materials present.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Flintknapping: Making and Understanding Stone Tools
• Verlag: University of Chicago Press Chicago Distribution Center May 1994
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 029279083X
• ISBN-13: 9780292790834
• Einband: Trade Paperback
• Zustand: Used Very Good
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Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

Flintknapping is an ancient craft enjoying a resurgence of interest among both amateur and professional students of prehistoric cultures. John C. Whitaker's bestselling guide is a detailed handbook on flintknapping, written from the archaeological perspective of interpreting stone tools as well as making them.

Flintknapping contains detailed, practical information on making stone tools. Whittaker starts at the beginner level and progresses to discussion of a wide range of techniques. He includes information on necessary tools and materials, as well as step-by-step instructions for making several basic stone tool types. Numerous diagrams allow the reader to visualize the flintknapping process, and drawings of many stone tools illustrate the discussions and serve as models for beginning knappers.

Written for a wide amateur and professional audience, Flintknapping will be essential for practicing knappers as well as for teachers of the history of technology, experimental archaeology, and stone tool analysis.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John C. Whittaker is a professor of anthropology at Grinnell College and the author of American Flintknappers: Stone Age Art in the Age of Computers.