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Flintknapping slabs part 1 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 596 seconds Describes several different methods and techniques to work slabs into points. Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, lithics, paleoplanet |
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Narrow Entry Notching 1 (Ishi-Wintu) Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 545 seconds Shows how to make a narrow entry notch on a desert side notch point. Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, lithics, paleoplanet |
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24" Dance blade from 300# rock - part 1 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 584 seconds Part 1 shows the field spalling of a large 300# dacite boulder. Large spalls are removed with the intent to save the core to make a large blade from. This series contains 7 parts. Related: arrowhead, blade, blades, cores, dance, flintknapping, indirect, ishi, lithics, paleoplanet, percussion, punch, stick |
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Flintknapping - Isolated Platforms, Part 1 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 572 seconds Demomstrates the benefits of isolated platforms and shows how to prepare. Shows their use from initial reduction to the final finishing stages. Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, lithics, paleoplanet |
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22" Basalt Biface - Field spalling stage 1, Part 1 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 590 seconds Shows the initial field spalling of a large 22" piece of Arizona basalt. The biface is placed on sand in a creek bed close to where is was found and roughed out with heavy copper billets. Related: arrowhead, cahokia, flintknapping, lithics, paleoplanet |
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24" Dance blade from 300# rock - part 2 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 500 seconds Continuation of field spalling 300# dacite boulder.... Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, indirect, ishi, laurel, leaf, lithics, paleoplanet, percussion, punch, solutrean, stick, volgu |
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Making a Super Thin Biface, Part 4 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 577 seconds Continuation....... Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, indirect, ishi, laurel, leaf, lithics, paleoplanet, percussion, punch, solutrean, stick, volgu |
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Spalling with Hammerstones part 1 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 558 seconds Demonstrates how to spall blocky pieces of chert and obsidian using hammerstones. Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, indirect, ishi, laurel, leaf, lithics, paleoplanet, percussion, punch, solutrean, spalling, stick |
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24" Dance blade from 300# rock - part 7 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 382 seconds Completion of the 24" dance blade. Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, indirect, ishi, laurel, leaf, lithics, paleoplanet, percussion, punch, solutrean, stick, volgu |
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Flintknapping - Cores and Blades Intro - Part 1 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 564 seconds An itroduction to Cores and Blades showing recent replicas as well as photos of authentic ones from Greece. Related: arrowhead, blades, cores, flintknapping, ishi, lithics, paleoplanet, stick |
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Narrow Entry Notching 2 (Ishi-Wintu) Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 410 seconds Continuation of narrow entry notching Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, lithics, paleoplanet |
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Flintknapping, Novaculite Laurel Leaf Part 3 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 599 seconds This is a 9 part series. Part 3 shows how to work a large piece of novaculite into a Laurel Leaf point using antler and wood billets as well as punches. Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, indirect, ishi, laurel, leaf, lithics, paleoplanet, percussion, punch, solutrean, stick, volgu |
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Flintknapping, Novaculite Laurel Leaf Part 4 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 600 seconds This is a 9 part series. Part 4 is a continuation and shows how to work a large piece of novaculite into a Laurel Leaf point using antler and wood billets as well as punches. Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, indirect, ishi, laurel, leaf, lithics, paleoplanet, percussion, punch, solutrean, stick, volgu |
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Flintknapping - Blade Cores - ground platforms - part 1 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 556 seconds Shows a method of hand grinding blade core preforms on a basalt slab using chert flakes and gravel. Blades are then removed using an antler tipped chest crutch Related: arrowhead, blades, cores, flintknapping, ishi, lithics, paleoplanet, stick |
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22" Basalt Biface - Field spalling stage 2, Part 2 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 598 seconds Continuation of field spalling of a large 22" piece of Arizona basalt. with heavy copper billets. The biface is then brought home and bifacing continues on the leg, using large boppers for billets. Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, lithics, paleoplanet |
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Flintknapping - Isolated Platforms, Part 2 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 562 seconds Continuation....Demo mstrates the benefits of isolated platforms and shows how to prepare. Shows their use from initial reduction to the final finishing stages Related: arrowhead, clovis, flintknapping, lithics, paleoplanet |
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Flintknapping - Cahokia Point Part 3 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 594 seconds Continuation of pressure flaking a small arrowhead from a percussion flake. Related: arrowhead, cahokia, flintknapping, lithics, paleoplanet |
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Flintknapping, Novaculite Laurel Leaf Part 5 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 599 seconds This is a 9 part series. Part 5 is a continuation and shows how to work a large piece of novaculite into a Laurel Leaf point using antler and wood billets as well as punches. Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, indirect, ishi, laurel, leaf, lithics, paleoplanet, percussion, punch, solutrean, stick, volgu |
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Flake Bending demonstration Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 453 seconds This is a short demonstration showing how a flake actually bends before it snaps. Has some practical aplications to flintknapping. Related: flintknapping |
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Ishi Stick Pressure flaking 2 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 591 seconds Continuation of Ishi stick pressure flaking Related: flintknapping, ishi, stick |
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Making a Super Thin Biface, Part 5 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 582 seconds Continuation and completion of the 5 part series on making super thin bifaces. Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, indirect, ishi, laurel, leaf, lithics, paleoplanet, percussion, punch, solutrean, stick, volgu |
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Flintknapping, Novaculite Laurel Leaf Part 1 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 600 seconds This is a 9 part series. Part 1 starts off at the Novaculite Mine in Arkansas and shows how the stone is mined. This is followed by heat treating the stone and working it into a Laurel Leaf point using wood and anter billets as well as punches. Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, indirect, ishi, laurel, leaf, lithics, paleoplanet, percussion, punch, solutrean, stick, volgu |
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Ishi Stick Pressure flaking 1 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 594 seconds Shows how to use the Ishi stick to pressure flake a biface. Related: flintknapping |
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Making a Super Thin Biface, Part 2 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 596 seconds Continuation of making a thin biface....strategy and technique. Demostrates overshot flaking method to flatten faces. Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, indirect, ishi, laurel, leaf, lithics, paleoplanet, percussion, punch, solutrean, stick, volgu |
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Making a Super Thin Biface, Part 1 Posted by: paleomanjim
Video duration: 599 seconds This is a 5 part series. Part 1 discusses super thin bifaces and shows casts of originals such as the Walnut Creek biface and the Sweetwater biface along with some modern made ones. Overshot flaking is demonstrated. Related: arrowhead, flintknapping, indirect, ishi, laurel, leaf, lithics, paleoplanet, percussion, punch, solutrean, stick, volgu |
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