flintknapper
Prehistoric tool maker
A flintknapper is someone who shapes flint or similar stone into tools or weapons by striking it to create sharp edges—the ancient craft of making arrowheads, spear points, and blades.
Modern flintknappers are typically hobbyists, archaeologists, or craftspeople preserving prehistoric techniques: The flintknapper demonstrated how to strike off flakes to form a knife blade.
Knapped stone implement
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- flakeThin detached fragment
- pointExact location or meaning
- arrowheadPiercing end of projectile
spearpoint · scraper · knife · burin · awl · drill · chopper · cleaver
Fine-grained siliceous stone
- obsidianGlassy igneous rock
- noduleRounded small lump
- coreCentral essential portion
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
chalcedony · jasper · quartzite · rhyolite · agate · glass · raw material · blank
Of or relating to stone
- ClovisFirst Merovingian ruler
- PaleolithicEarliest archaeological era
- MesolithicMiddle stone era
- NeolithicFinal prehistoric stone-tool era
handaxe · typology · replication · site · assemblage · artifact · excavation
Sound through impact
- pressure flakingControlled lithic reduction method
- reductionMaking something smaller
- retouchingPost-capture image enhancement
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
Stone-shaping striking implement
Raised flat structure
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- spallChipped-off rock piece
- conchoidal fractureShell-like breaking pattern
- fissureNarrow crack in rock
handaxe
Knapped stone implement
arrowhead · spearpoint · scraper · knife · burin · awl · drill · chopper · cleaver · adze
chert
Fine-grained siliceous stone
cortex · chalcedony · jasper · quartzite · rhyolite · agate · glass · raw material · blank · preform
lithic
Of or relating to stone
- ClovisFirst Merovingian ruler
- PaleolithicEarliest archaeological era
- MesolithicMiddle stone era
Neolithic · handaxe · typology · replication · site · assemblage · artifact · excavation
percussion
Sound through impact
- pressure flakingControlled lithic reduction method
- reductionMaking something smaller
- retouchingPost-capture image enhancement
hammerstone
Stone-shaping striking implement
tine · moose antler · elk antler · knee pad
platform
Raised flat structure
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- spallChipped-off rock piece
- conchoidal fractureShell-like breaking pattern
flintknappermetalsmith
Craftsperson working with ores
blacksmith · bronzesmith · ironworker · coppersmith · goldsmith
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