2015
17
Dec
My Flintknapping Problem
Allen Denoyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
(December 17, 2015)—I was reading an old book (1927) about artifact collecting recently, and I came across a funny line. The author, Virgil Y. Russell, offered this advice on how to make “Indian arrowheads”:
Don’t. N...
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2014
10
Jul
Learning Lithics at Mule Creek
By Stacy Ryan
For me, the words "Mule Creek" have always brought to mind the obsidian from this area, which people in the past used to make stone tools, and which was widely distributed. For this reason, Mule Creek is an especially interesting place to teach students about flaked stone technology.
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