The Folsom Flint
Title | The Folsom Flint PDF eBook |
Author | David Henry Keller |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 244 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Manners and customs |
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Folsom Technology and Lifeways
Title | Folsom Technology and Lifeways PDF eBook |
Author | John E Clarke |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 484 |
Release | 2021-10-28 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1315428318 |
This volume is an extensive collection of chapters discussing Folsom artifacts and sites, as well as innovative experiments undertaken to understand Folsom technology and lifeways. Public and private collections of Folsom artifacts were brought together with professional and amateur lithic analysts and knappers in an attempt to determine how the ancient stone tools were made and used. In addition, Folsom Technology and Lifeways summarizes interaction among knappers and analysts, and the attempts to replicate specific artifact types represented. It is a unique volume in that it examines the variation present in technology and behavior across a wide range of Folsom localities.
American Flintknappers
Title | American Flintknappers PDF eBook |
Author | John C. Whittaker |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | 480 |
Release | 2013-09-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0292757891 |
“An important resource for students of modern replication studies . . . Of interest to anyone studying folk technologies in general.” ―The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Making arrowheads, blades, and other stone tools was once a survival skill and is still a craft practiced by thousands of flintknappers around the world. In the United States, knappers gather at regional “knap-ins” to socialize, exchange ideas and material, buy and sell both equipment and knapped art, and make stone tools in the company of others. In between these gatherings, the knapping community stays connected through newsletters and the Internet. In this book, avid knapper and professional anthropologist John Whittaker offers an insider’s view of the knapping community. He explores why stone tools attract modern people and what making them means to those who pursue this art. He describes how new members are incorporated into the knapping community, how novices learn the techniques of knapping and find their roles within the group, how the community is structured, and how ethics, rules, and beliefs about knapping are developed and transmitted. He also explains how the practice of knapping relates to professional archaeology, the trade in modern replicas of stone tools, and the forgery of artifacts. Whittaker's book thus documents a fascinating subculture of American life and introduces the wider public to an ancient and still rewarding craft. “This is a superb book, authored by one of the only people with both the anthropological background and the connections in the world of contemporary flintknapping to write it. It really is unlike any work I’m aware of in lithics studies.” —Michael Stafford, Director, Cranbrook Institute of Science
Short Story Index
Title | Short Story Index PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 656 |
Release | 1960 |
Genre | Short stories |
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The Big Black Site (32DU955C)
Title | The Big Black Site (32DU955C) PDF eBook |
Author | Jerry D. William |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 332 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Three years of intensive excavations at this site revealed multiple Folsom occupational levels. Contributors present their analyses of nearly a thousand stone tools found during the study, including over two hundred Folsom points, preforms, and channel flakes.
Story in Stone
Title | Story in Stone PDF eBook |
Author | D. C. Waldorf |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Arrowheads |
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Short Story Index: 1969-1973
Title | Short Story Index: 1969-1973 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 656 |
Release | 1974 |
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