American flintknappers : Stone Age art in the age of computers
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American flintknappers : Stone Age art in the age of computers
University of Texas Press, 2004
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Bibliography: p. [320]-344
Includes index
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Description
Making arrowheads, blades, and other stone tools was once a survival skill and is still a craft practiced by thousands of flintknappers around the world. Knappers gather at regional aEUROoeknap-insaEURO to socialize, exchange ideas and material, buy and sell both equipment and knapped art, and make stone tools in the company of others. In between these gatherings, the knapping community stays connected through newsletters and the Internet. In this book, avid knapper and professional anthropologist John Whittaker offers an insideraEURO(t)s view of the knapping community. He explores why stone tools attract modern people and what making them means to those who pursue this art. He describes how new members are incorporated into the knapping community, how novices learn the techniques of knapping and find their roles within the group, how the community is structured, and how ethics, rules, and beliefs about knapping are developed and transmitted. He also explains how the practice of knapping relates to professional archaeology, the trade in modern replicas of stone tools, and the forgery of artefacts.
WhittakeraEURO(t)s book thus documents a fascinating subculture and introduces the wider public to an ancient and rewarding craft.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: Coming to the Knap-in
- 2. Making Stone Tools: The World's Oldest Craft
- 3. From Fakes and Experiments to Knap-ins: The Roots of Modern Flintknapping
- 4. The Knap-in: People and Organization
- 5. Knappers at the Knap-in 6. Status and Stones
- 7. Art, Craft, or Reproduction: Knapper Esthetics
- 8. Can't Never Have Too Much Flint: The Lore of Stone
- 9. Modern Stone Age Economics
- 10. Knappers, Collectors, Archaeologists: Ethics and Conflicts
- 11. Silicon and Society
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