Showing posts with label Flint knapping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flint knapping. Show all posts

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Ferris, I.M. reflects upon life and flint ...

"Even after two days of intensive regressive hypno-therapy I am unable to confirm that the photograph recently posted on Crickley Hill Man's blog is of Cutting N7. The N and O series of cuttings had quite complex geology/subsoil and there were many gulls cutting across them, as in your photograph, but whether your photo is of one of the cuttings I supervised I cannot say for certain, though I suspect it is. Speaking of the N and O series, I do recall cutting O1 extremely well, on which there was a leaf-shaped arrowhead chipping floor. We made every effort to recover even the tiniest trimming flakes and I remember Corky's determination in the finds hut that no flint debitage, however small, would escape proper washing, drying and marking. Dedication indeed. I wonder if the flint scatters plotted for O1 were ever drawn up ready for publication-perhaps Phil might be able to let us know.
 
The regressive hypno-therapy has, though, got me wondering why my mother locked me in that cupboard for so long, but I don't expect this will be of much interest to Crickley Hill Man and his dedicated readers."

Friday, December 5, 2008

Experimental archaeology 2: John Gale having a knap ...

Another Phillpotts shot from the 1988 or 1989 experimental archaeology open day - here's John Gale, sitting on a rubber bucket, flint knapping with the aid of a piece of carpet, a lump of limestone as a board and a rather fetching pair of gloves.
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