Flint tools.

[atlatlman]

 

[boatman]

One of my colleagues knapped me a set of scrapers for me to use on the first deer hide that I 'brain' tanned. Could not get one of them to work well at all, just so blooming awkwardly uncomfortable...tried it in the other hand, and it was a left handed scraper Not a shred of a doubt about it, and Paul had copied it from a find that was dated to around 5,500bce

You reminded me of the footnote Rosemary Sutcliff wrote to her book "Warrior Scarlet" about a virtually one-armed boy struggling for his place in his tribe in Bronze Age Britain. She writes of a flint implement found on the Downs "shaped and hollowed for use by a left-handed man".

 

[boatman]

One of my friends, who is a Viking re-enactor, swears he's going into his grave wearing a Viking helmet, carrying a basket hilted claymore, with a Roman gladius at his hip, with kevlar armour (with the ceramic plates) and a pair of the most comfortable hill walking boots he owns.....and the keys to a cosworth in his other hand.

M

A deceased friend on the Bronze Age Center forum was buried with a selection of knives including one made of ceramic in case there were metal detectors on the Pearly Gates.

 

[The Infamous Grouse]

Ha ha! Spot on. SPEAR THAT EVIL THING!!!!!!

 

[Goatboy]

Cheers for posting up your pictures, lovely pieces and so nice to have a link to past generations like that. Well worth the wait to see.

ATB,
GB.

 

[atlatlman]

Cheers for posting up your pictures, lovely pieces and so nice to have a link to past generations like that. Well worth the wait to see.

ATB,
GB.

Your welcome Goatboy Had a look for some more this morning. No luck.

 

[Stringmaker]

I've been reading a couple of sources on lithics from the US.

One particular author was very keen to address the ethics of the skill; he devoted a specific section on marking your work to make it obvious that it is a reproduction, as well as collecting and removing your waste so as not to contaminate the stratigraphy.

Mind you, I was at an archaeology conference recently where a battlefield guy described the mess you often find in France due to the WW1 shelling; pre-historic stuff several layers higher up than 19th century.

 

[atlatlman]

I've been reading a couple of sources on lithics from the US.

One particular author was very keen to address the ethics of the skill; he devoted a specific section on marking your work to make it obvious that it is a reproduction, as well as collecting and removing your waste so as not to contaminate the stratigraphy.

Mind you, I was at an archaeology conference recently where a battlefield guy described the mess you often find in France due to the WW1 shelling; pre-historic stuff several layers higher up than 19th century.

Just imagine finding a rusty German helmet with a flint arrow embedded in it. Stone age shrapnel.

 

[atlatlman]

Found another arrow head but it's badly damaged I watched a documentary a few days back about Otzi the ice man and also just came across this youtube vid. Seeing these two vids and finding the flint tools has inspired me to have a go at making Otzi's kit.

[video=youtube;EoNmUJWNCMw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoNmUJWNCMw[/video]

 

[atlatlman]

I think I have found another one. It looks like a small cutting blade. The flint is a bluey colour. I'm not going though all the trouble of taking it to the museum again and waiting twelve weeks for an answer. So will post a pic up tomorrow night and see what people think.

 

[Toddy]

Can you find contact details for your County Archaeologist ?
If you are finding so many pieces in a small area then it might very well be of interest

atb,
M

 

[atlatlman]

Can you find contact details for your County Archaeologist ?
If you are finding so many pieces in a small area then it might very well be of interest

atb,
M

I didn't find this one in my garden this time. I found it down a dirt lane that runs alongside a railway track near my house. The funny thing is though I dumped a few trailer loads of dirt down there eight years ago when I dug a pond in my garden. My partner is starting to say these flint tools are finding me. All those years of watching time team is starting to pay off Toddy.

 

[atlatlman]

Here's the latest one I found. I'm not sure if it is a flint tool but it looks like one to me. What do you guys think?

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