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Visitors to the Pequot Museum experienced a 17th c. military and civilian living-history encampment from the Pequot War (1636-1637) and King Philip’s War (1675-1677) periods. Including musket and bow shooting demonstrations; campfire cooking; lithic tool making; flint knapping demonstrations; period blacksmithing; and English militia drills.
Visitors also had the opportunity to listen to U.S. Army Major (Dr.) Jason Warren discuss his book, Connecticut Unscathed: Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675-1676. The book refocuses Connecticut’s role in the war and discusses how the colony achieved success by establishing a policy of moderation towards the Native groups living within its borders.
Supported in part by the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
Artifact identifications were taking place all day in our museum. Here, Jason L. King, Director of Research, helps identify various stone tools brought to him by our visitors. The majority of the artifacts brought into our identification station are points and other stone tools.
Photo by: Taylor H. Thornton
Dr. Jane E. Buikstra, the acting Director of the CAA, confers with Jason L. King, our Dir. of Research, on an artifact identification.
Photo by: Taylor H. Thornton
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Knapped from a rare type of flint from upstate New York near Catskills. It’s called normanskill chert. The Paleolithic people used this material for their spear points 12,000 years ago. It’s wild that I managed to find some of this same material and flintknapped this beautiful rock. You can buy it at the link below. #flintknapping #chert #paleo #paleoindian #arrowhead #crafts #stoneage #paleolithic #lithic #flinthttp://ift.tt/2e1vhOw ift.tt/2dgcKk7
This is my first effort - I was aiming to get a nice flake off the bottom of that lump of rock. My flakes actually shattered and I left a nasty step for the next person (Kath) to navigate. :-D
That's a piece of antler in my hand - a soft hammer. Pebbles are used as "hard hammers" for larger flints.
My flint knapping photos were taken on a day course with John and Val Lord. They have a website here:
John has also written a book that's very useful as a beginner:
www.flintknapping.co.uk/shop.html
And John's son Will is also an expert in flint knapping and excellent teacher. He also runs courses, and will teach hide working, prehistoric jewellery making, bow-making and so forth as well.
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The art of flintknapping is a skill that has been forgotten since the end of the Bronze Age. Master technologist and archaeologist Karl Lee demonstrated how to make arrowheads, spearheads, hand-axes and scrapers from brittle flint. Our members had the opportunity to make their every very own Paleolithic stone age tool.
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A bit of glass I knapped into an arrowhead, from my uncle. #flintknapping #arrowhead #glass #primitive #ishi #arrows #spearfishing #traditional #survival #crafts #knife ift.tt/28YcJBP
Visitors to the Pequot Museum experienced a 17th c. military and civilian living-history encampment from the Pequot War (1636-1637) and King Philip’s War (1675-1677) periods. Including musket and bow shooting demonstrations; campfire cooking; lithic tool making; flint knapping demonstrations; period blacksmithing; and English militia drills.
Visitors also had the opportunity to listen to U.S. Army Major (Dr.) Jason Warren discuss his book, Connecticut Unscathed: Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675-1676. The book refocuses Connecticut’s role in the war and discusses how the colony achieved success by establishing a policy of moderation towards the Native groups living within its borders.
Supported in part by the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
A Bronze Age mace-head, discovered during archaeological works carried out between 1992 and 2009 in Beddington, Sutton. This mace-head was made from a naturally holed flint nodule and has been roughly shaped. This is an unusual find and may therefore have been deliberately selected for deposition rather than thrown away or lost.
Using another pebble as a kind of anvil seems to help sometimes. Those flint shards flying off in this picture are really sharp - it's best to stay well clear!
This is an area I'm still vague on - when to switch from hitting a big lump of flint on your leg to hitting it on a pebble...and when to stop using a hard hammer and start using a soft one...I have so much still to learn!!
My flint knapping photos were taken on a day course with John and Val Lord. They have a website here:
John has also written a book that's very useful as a beginner:
www.flintknapping.co.uk/shop.html
And John's son Will is also an expert in flint knapping and excellent teacher. He also runs courses, and will teach hide working, prehistoric jewellery making, bow-making and so forth as well.
© Susannah Relf All Rights Reserved
Unauthorized use or reproduction for any reason is prohibited
The art of flintknapping is a skill that has been forgotten since the end of the Bronze Age. Master technologist and archaeologist Karl Lee demonstrated how to make arrowheads, spearheads, hand-axes and scrapers from brittle flint. The attendees had the opportunity to make their every very own Paleolithic stone age tool.
Dir. of Research, Jason L. King, chats with a Koster alumna. 2013 year marks our 60th anniversary and it was great to see so many people coming back to visit us!
Dr. John Sloan of NGRREC presents on the human impact on soils and how that can be used to infer prehistoric human activity.
Photo by: Taylor H. Thornton
Rich seemed to have a knack for knapping. His first shot produced a lovely flake, just as planned (unlike mine).
John provided excellent tuition the whole day - we were so lucky to benefit from his expertise.
My flint knapping photos were taken on a day course with John and Val Lord. They have a website here:
John has also written a book that's very useful as a beginner:
www.flintknapping.co.uk/shop.html
And John's son Will is also an expert in flint knapping and excellent teacher. He also runs courses, and will teach hide working, prehistoric jewellery making, bow-making and so forth as well.
© Susannah Relf All Rights Reserved
Unauthorized use or reproduction for any reason is prohibited
Dr. John Sloan of NGRREC presents on the human impact on soils and how that can be used to infer prehistoric human activity.
Photo by: Taylor H. Thornton
Dir. of Research, Jason L. King, chats with a Koster alumna. 2013 year marks our 60th anniversary and it was great to see so many people coming back to visit us!
Photo by: Taylor H. Thornton
The World Bird Sanctuary and their feathered friends put on a great show for our visitors. This demonstration was done in tandem with another booth showcasing the importance of bird iconography in lower Illinois river valley prehistory.
Photo by: Taylor H. Thornton
The Native American presence in Scott County is widely known. This fellow made it look easy. Truly an indigenous art and craft.
Museum of Scott County, Tennessee Heritage Festival, 2015. museum.scottcounty.net/
Kath got a fantastic flake on her first punch as well! Flakes like this are useful tools in their own right.
My flint knapping photos were taken on a day course with John and Val Lord. They have a website here:
John has also written a book that's very useful as a beginner:
www.flintknapping.co.uk/shop.html
And John's son Will is also an expert in flint knapping and excellent teacher. He also runs courses, and will teach hide working, prehistoric jewellery making, bow-making and so forth as well.
© Susannah Relf All Rights Reserved
Unauthorized use or reproduction for any reason is prohibited
Part of a long running project photographing Suffolk and Norfolk churches, inspired by John Piper's paintings.
Winter Solstice Celebration: Native American Festival at Mission San Luis, December 15 & 16, 2018.
(Please credit: Mission San Luis, Florida Department of State. Photography by Wade Bishop Photography)
Expert flintknapper, Michael Miller, demonstrates his craft to our visitors.
Photo by: Taylor H. Thornton
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Flintknapping ban has been lifted, I came home and started on this #normanskill #flutedpoint I am covered in blood but i should reshape it a little and one flute did not travel far at all? Other side went to almost the tip. #paleoindian #paleo #clovis #arrowhead #projectilepoint #experimentalarchaeology #crafts #boomimback #lithics #newyorkchert. Thanks to the dude doing the knapping demonstration at #hammonassetstatepark for this chunk of normanskill. ift.tt/2h6RFL4
Eccentric flint scepters with profile figures. Maya. (Guatemala, 7th Century AD and El Palmar, Campeche, Mexico, 711 AD). From the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City, Mexico. Special Exhibit, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA. Copyright 2018, James A. Glazier.
Saturday, July 4, 2009 - Planting our first bed (with my mother-in-law) and doing a little flintknapping!
I made these today from volcanic obsidian rock (glass). Wow this stuff is really sharp and harder to work than flint. Its like a razer blade. But it has a beautiful shine and look to it i think. i still need to put some finishing touches on the arrowheads, but just wanted to show you what this stuff looks like.
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Large flakes came off the middle preform biface. Might make a hardaway point #northcarolina #rhyolite #flintknapping #preform #hardaway #projectilepoint #paleo #paleoindian #paleolithic #experimental archaeology #crafts ift.tt/2jkwpDD
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Knapped from a rare type of flint from upstate New York near Catskills. It’s called normanskill chert. The Paleolithic people used this material for their spear points 12,000 years ago. It’s wild that I managed to find some of this same material and flintknapped this beautiful fluted point! #flintknapping #chert #paleo #paleoindian #arrowhead #crafts #stoneage #paleolithic #lithic #flint ift.tt/2dyQja0
A Jicarilla Apache student throws a long dart with an atlatl, assisted by Great Sand Dunes Ranger Jaiden Garcia of the Jicarilla Apache Nation.
NPS/Patrick Myers
In May 2024, Great Sand Dunes hosted a very special and unique two-day field trip with 4th grade students from the Jicarilla Apache Nation in Dulce, NM and Sangre de Cristo School in Mosca, CO. Students threw spears with atlatls, extracted magnetite from the sand, learned about traditional crafts and flintknapping, listened to traditional stories, and hiked to a 500-year-old ponderosa pine that was peeled for food and medicine by tribal ancestors in the 19th century. Sessions were all led by Jicarilla Apache tribal members, including elders, artists, and Great Sand Dunes Park Ranger Jaiden Garcia of the Jicarilla Apache Nation. Rocky Mountain PBS filmed the field trip as part of the creation of a curriculum about Jicarilla Apache culture, ecological practices, and history for Colorado 4th grade students.
I made these today from volcanic obsidian rock (glass). Wow this stuff is really sharp and harder to work than flint. Its like a razer blade. But it has a beautiful shine and look to it i think. i still need to put some finishing touches on the arrowheads, but just wanted to show you what this stuff looks like.