Lithic Technology

Lithic technology is a reductive technology that involves removing flakes from a core of glass or cryptocrystalline rock, such as flint or chert, in order to achieve a desired shape, or to use the flakes themselves as blanks that the knapper can shape into tools. This video is a brief introduction to stone-tool technology with an emphasis on hard-hammer percussion flaking and retouch by pressure flaking. Some other videos on flintknapping that you might like (although not always with enough attention to safety): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AYo-1sFa0&list=PLQGtP80Nvy5vlMPzz-GLQ2-SuiE3u56sC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX5V39IOs7o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvGAT7cXnyg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqQ0-9JNTKc&t=210s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxKu59RdQ5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7g-bJ6bSC8 My book, The Archaeologist's Laboratory: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-47992-3 #archaeology #thearchaeologistslaboratory #lithics #technology #primitivetechnology