Knapping

One of the oldest human skills. The craft that made the Stone Age.

• physics [ cone ; platform ; bi-polar ]
• techniques [ direct percussion ; indirect percussion ; pressure flaking ]
• safety [ eyes , mouth & fingers ]
• polishing tools [sand-glued rock , abrasive horsetail patches ]
• knapping tools [ pads , percussion "whackers"; pressure flakers, grinding stones ]
• knapping materials [flint-likes; shell ; bone ; antler; glass ]
• rock identification
• discoidal blade-making
• scapular bone saws
• flake knife-making
• knapped endpoints [ arrowheads , spearheads , drillheads]
• axehead-making [ celt ; hafting]
• tool crafting [ adze , scraper , knife ]
• blade crafting material [ stone , glass , bone , wood , metal ]