Flintknapping: Making and Understanding Stone Tools (eng)

Whittaker, John C.

ISBN 10: 029279083X / ISBN 13: 9780292790834

Edité par University of Texas Press, 1994

N° de réf. du vendeur a821a11a6c5fd10bf162ae5fbd8a0852

Synopsis :

Flintknapping is an ancient craft enjoying a resurgence of interest among both amateur and professional students of prehistoric cultures. John C. Whitaker's bestselling guide is a detailed handbook on flintknapping, written from the archaeological perspective of interpreting stone tools as well as making them.

Flintknapping contains detailed, practical information on making stone tools. Whittaker starts at the beginner level and progresses to discussion of a wide range of techniques. He includes information on necessary tools and materials, as well as step-by-step instructions for making several basic stone tool types. Numerous diagrams allow the reader to visualize the flintknapping process, and drawings of many stone tools illustrate the discussions and serve as models for beginning knappers.

Written for a wide amateur and professional audience, Flintknapping will be essential for practicing knappers as well as for teachers of the history of technology, experimental archaeology, and stone tool analysis.

À propos de l?auteur: John C. Whittaker is a professor of anthropology at Grinnell College and the author of American Flintknappers: Stone Age Art in the Age of Computers.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Flintknapping: Making and Understanding ...
Éditeur : University of Texas Press
Date d'édition : 1994
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : new