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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. In the United States, knappers gather at regional "knap-ins" 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 insider'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 artifacts. Whittaker's book thus documents a fascinating subculture of American life and introduces the wider public to an ancient and still rewarding craft.

Flintknapping. --- Stone implements.

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"This volume is the outcome of collaborative European research among archaeologists, archaeobotanists, ethnographers, historians and agronomists, and frequently uses experiments in archaeology. It aims to establish new common ground for integrating different approaches and for viewing agriculture from the standpoint of the human actors involved. Each chapter provides an interdisciplinary overview of the skills used and the social context of the pursuit of agriculture, highlighting examples of tools, technologies and processes from land clearance to cereal processing and food preparation." -- Provided by publisher

Agriculture --- Agricultural innovations --- Agricultural implements --- Agropastoral systems --- Social change --- Ethnology. --- Agriculture, Prehistoric. --- Ethnoarchaelogy. --- Landscape archaelogy. --- Prehistoric agriculture --- Prehistoric peoples --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Integrated agricultural systems --- Agricultural tools --- Farm implements --- Farm tools --- Agricultural machinery --- Farm equipment --- Implements, utensils, etc. --- Tools --- Innovations, Agricultural --- Technological change in agriculture --- Technological innovations --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- History. --- Social aspects --- Food --- Equipment and supplies --- Innovations --- Technology transfer --- Ethnology --- Agriculture, Prehistoric --- Ethnoarchaeology --- Landscape archaeology --- Archaeology --- Cultural landscapes --- Ethnic archaeology --- Ethnicity in archaeology --- Ethnology in archaeology --- Social archaeology --- History --- Social aspects&delete& --- Methodology --- Ethnoarchaeology. --- Landscape archaeology. --- Changement social --- Ethnologie. --- Agriculture préhistorique. --- Ethnoarchéologie. --- Archéologie du paysage. --- Histoire. --- Aspect social --- Innovations technologiques --- Outillage --- Agricultural innovations. --- Agricultural implements. --- Agropastoral systems. --- Social aspects. --- Agriculture préhistorique. --- Ethnoarchéologie. --- Archéologie du paysage.