He got his PhD at the University of Arizona, where he embraced an emerging concept for analyzing stone tools, called experimental flintknapping ... Here is primitive art at what's supposedly ...

Basically, you take a piece of stone, bash it into a particular shape, and then get to knapping. If you created that particular shape properly – it should look a little like a tortoise shell ...

Read more After graduating from BASIS Flagstaff this week, Cindy Huang plans to move to Phoenix to continue the study of ...

This process, known as flintknapping, can be boiled down to mastering force, angles and rock structure. When done properly, flintknapping creates the recognizable features that archaeologists use ...

Other attractions include a period-correct Punch & Judy Show, blacksmithing, tinsmithing, woodworking, flintknapping, hide-tanning, open-fire cooking and baking, soapmaking, paper filigree ...

Neanderthal knappers may have manipulated strike angle deliberately as part of a skilled knapping process aimed at controlling flake size, shape, and termination. Detaching larger flakes at low ...