Learning to make cutting tools and projectile points from rock is a craft that goes back thousands of years. Flint Knapping is one of the most ancient human skills which ultimately evolved to where humans are today.
Technologies covered:
- History
- Herzian cone and angles
- Theories
- Hard and soft Hammer percussion
- Pressure flaking
- Iindirect percussion
- Flake and spall removal
- Uniface and biface
- Blade Core
- Notching, and Hafting.
Course starts: 09.00 Saturday
Course location:- Maine Primitive Skills School, 716 Church Hill Road, Augusta, ME 04330 www.primitiveskills.com Tel: +1 207-623-7298