American Flintknappers : Stone Age Art in the Age of Computers /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whittaker, John C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Temas:
Flintknapping.
Stone implements.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 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
  • Appendix A Knapper Mail Survey Questionnaire
  • Appendix B Fall 1966 Fort Osage Knap-in Registration
  • Appendix C New York Knap-in Contest Rules, 1994
  • Appendix D New York Knap-in Contest Rules, 1996
  • Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index

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