Gradually he began to master the Stone Age art of flintknapping, making tools from stone. "Contemporary" arrowheads fill display cases along the living room wall and neighboring hallway of his ...

This process, known as flintknapping, can be boiled down to mastering force, angles and rock structure. When done properly, flintknapping creates the recognizable features that archaeologists use ...

It's a practice called flintknapping, and while it's mainly fallen out of use, Tim Rast is a master at it. Rast, an archaeologist and flintknapper, teaches at Memorial University in St. John's ...

This craft is known as flintknapping, and for most, it is a skilled hobby or art form that was thought to occasionally require bandages or stitches. However, new research suggests flintknapping is ...

Flakes, referred to as debitage in archaeological jargon, are pieces of stone waste left over after an individual shapes a stone tool by a process known as flintknapping. Because they are made of ...

Participants in The Art of Flintknapping workshop had the opportunity to learn the basics of manufacturing stone tools like arrowheads and spear points, tools used by ancient peoples.

“I said, ‘I’m holding the Sweetwater Blade right now,” Bill recalls. To flintknapping experts such as Bill and Dwayne, this was their Holy Grail. It was as if they were holding the ball ...

RICHLAND -- The Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science and Technology is offering an all-day workshop in the art of flintknapping. Participants will learn how ancient peoples shaped stone ...