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
]