The beach (mercurial) is mostly tiny stones right now, so, I did a tiny beach hunt.

See: yellow-ware, flow-blue, mid-1800’s transferprint earthenware, quartzite and chert debitage (scraps from tool making)

#mudlarking #beachcombing #flintknapping

Here’s some #embroidery I did last year. I considered #flintknapping a piece of glass, but decided something embroidered would be less prone to chipping during travel. Heh.
Anyway, this is the crystal dagger Ashitaka’s sister gives Ashitaka in #studioghibli ’s #princessmononoke

More arrows made for my experimental research. This time Late Mesolithic style! #archaeology #history #experimental #ExperimentalArchaeology #prehistory #mesolithic #scotland #ancientcraft #flintknapping

#IceAge #Knife // A *very* quick #demo #making Upper #Palaeolithic #blades

#flintknapping #knapping #stoneage #stonetools #ancientskills #craft #archaeology #experimentalarchaeology #experientialarchaeology #archaeologist

Here’s a bone sewing needle I made a few weeks ago! The items on the right and above are preforms (aka the starting point before being shaped into the needle by flint).
I use this needle for leatherwork and basket weaving!
#archaeology #history #crafts #prehistory #flintknapping #sewing

Modern flintnapped obsidian points. #flintknapping #archaeology

Still figuring this out... for a start, here are some fancy glamour shots of some recently made pieces #flintknapping #archaeology #prehistory #prehistoric #stoneage #stonetools #archaeologist #craft #flintknapper #thepointyenduk #thepointyend

Thanks again to everyone who participated in the
Archaeological Society of Alberta
#FlintKnapping workshop and joined us at MRU. I can't wait till the next one!

Loads of collaboration and teaching going on. The #FlintKnapping experts were so willing to share their skills and help us learn.

Archaeological Society of Alberta - Calgary #FlintKnapping Workshop hosted at Mount Royal University - Day #2!
Thread of some pics from today AND our finished objects (all thanks to our fab instructor & resident pros).

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Day 1 ✅ of the Archaeology Society of Alberta (ASA) @ArkyCalgary #FlintKnapping workshop 🪨 that I'm hosting at Mount Royal University :)

Participants range from beginners (like me) to seasoned experts (like our instructor, Rick and co!)

I'm looking forward to day 2 tomorrow!

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Modern reproduction of a Clovis point (ca. 13,500-12,750 calibrated Before Present [1950]) on green glass. #Archaeology #flintknapping

Why do archaeologists find hammerstones on sites? In many cases they were discarded when they became too battered to be effectively & accurately used (Photo: my old hammerstones). #Flintknapping #archaeology

Modern struck off leopard obsidian (names may vary) with older, slightly weathered surface in one location. #flintknapping #archaeology

Initially-struck (me) chert pebbles from the Citronelle formation in Louisiana. Tested pebbles like these are found at lithic procurement sites, where indigenous flintknappers in areas with only stream & hillside gravel deposits high-graded pebbles large enough to work, leaving those not deemed good enough to carry to a campsite/lithic reduction station. #archaeology #flintknapping

Hurry! Hurry! Get your post-apocalypse edged stone weapons before it's too late!

Why wait until the end, stock up now!

Makes great stocking-stuffers! (Note, wrap in material to prevent accidental cuts & dismemberment)

Hurry! Hurry!

😜

#Archaeology #Flintknapping

Stocking up for the post-apocalyse rush to befriend an #archaeologist. #archaeology #flintknapping

Tools of the trade. #aArchaeology #flintknapping #art

It is interesting because novaculite is thought to be metamorphosed sandstone. Sandstone that underwent pressure & heat to be transformed into a unique chert-like rock. (Pictured is different color novaculite). #archaeology #geology #flintknapping

It looks like a cross between novaculite & quartzitic sandstone with a chert cortex. Very fragile. Debris went everywhere! I'm going to have to think about how to knap it...& use a bigger tarp. When I said it went everywhere, one whack with the small antler billet sent debris pinging off the carport wall & vehicles! Sheez...I don't think I've ever had a lithic material do that. #archaeology #flintknapping #geology