For people who are interested in prehistoric artifacts, and bonafide flintknapping tools, and flintknapping technologies, I can assure you that there is equally great interest among archaeologists.
I was recently invited to speak at the SAA annual conference. I spoke on the commonality between flakers found at Colha, and flakers that were used in many portions of North America, since the advent of the archaic era.
Here is a photo from the conference showing the flakers.
Also, I am including a photo of a biface experimentally made with one such flaker.
It would appear that our understanding of New World flintknapping technologies is in its dawning infancy.
I was recently invited to speak at the SAA annual conference. I spoke on the commonality between flakers found at Colha, and flakers that were used in many portions of North America, since the advent of the archaic era.
Here is a photo from the conference showing the flakers.
Also, I am including a photo of a biface experimentally made with one such flaker.
It would appear that our understanding of New World flintknapping technologies is in its dawning infancy.
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