Flintnapping tools
The dark stone is a Thin Section of Knife River Flint.
Knife River Fling is a lignite coal that turned to rock thousands of years ago. Tiny plant cells are visible in a think section. This organic material gives the stone its distinctive brown color.
Flintnapping Tool Kit
Some archeologists study stone tool making by experimenting with flintknapping. When scientists study the types of fractures produced by different tools and techniques, they can better analyze the materials found at archeological sites.
The bottom bone or antler is a Baton
a soft hammer for thinning and shaping.
-usually made of antler or bone.
Under the picture it says: Bipolar Core Reduction
One method of reducing a cobble flint into workables flakes was to hold the cobble against an anvil stone, and strike ti with a hammerstone. This was done in late prehistoric times, after A.D. 600 when the bow and arrow was introduced.
Arrow points were smaller and less elaborate than spear and dart points. They were made from lflakes, instead of cobbles. With very little work, a flake could be shaped into an arrow point.
Flintnapping tools
The dark stone is a Thin Section of Knife River Flint.
Knife River Fling is a lignite coal that turned to rock thousands of years ago. Tiny plant cells are visible in a think section. This organic material gives the stone its distinctive brown color.
Flintnapping Tool Kit
Some archeologists study stone tool making by experimenting with flintknapping. When scientists study the types of fractures produced by different tools and techniques, they can better analyze the materials found at archeological sites.
The bottom bone or antler is a Baton
a soft hammer for thinning and shaping.
-usually made of antler or bone.
Under the picture it says: Bipolar Core Reduction
One method of reducing a cobble flint into workables flakes was to hold the cobble against an anvil stone, and strike ti with a hammerstone. This was done in late prehistoric times, after A.D. 600 when the bow and arrow was introduced.
Arrow points were smaller and less elaborate than spear and dart points. They were made from lflakes, instead of cobbles. With very little work, a flake could be shaped into an arrow point.