Flint tools.
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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 scraperNot 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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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]
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.
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
If you are finding so many pieces in a small area then it might very well be of interest
atb,
M
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.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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