Lithics on display in museums
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mr.hertzian cone- Knap Meister
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Re: Lithics on display in museums
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I do like a lot of barbed and tanged arrowheads all neatly displayed. These are from West Stow visitor's center cum small museum (in Suffolk).
I do like a lot of barbed and tanged arrowheads all neatly displayed. These are from West Stow visitor's center cum small museum (in Suffolk).
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Re: Lithics on display in museums
" />This is a splendid Mayan eccentric in the Sainsburys centre in Norwich. How many heads can you spot?
mr.hertzian cone- Knap Meister
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Re: Lithics on display in museums
" /> And a shockingly bad side view!
mr.hertzian cone- Knap Meister
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Re: Lithics on display in museums
Mayan eccentrics amazing and that one is especially good, I don't think I've seen one that large before.Being that large does give you some idea of the reduction technique which is always difficult to tell with the tiny ones.
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6? - what was the rought size of it? are you tempted to have a go at making one yourself?
the barnacle- Knap Meister
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Re: Lithics on display in museums
Yep, 6 heads in profile, when I posted this earlier I counted 5!! The reduction is of another level indeed, the piece must have been knapped to a thin slab and then notched with maybe with a punch, there is no way a normal human can notch that deeply with pressure alone.
When you look at this one,you can see the outline of the preform before the notches where started...
It is large, about 25cm long.
When you look at this one,you can see the outline of the preform before the notches where started...
It is large, about 25cm long.
mr.hertzian cone- Knap Meister
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Re: Lithics on display in museums
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I had the chance to handle some Egyptian lithics the other day, this is one of them, a lovely cresentric knife with very uniform pressure flaking scars.
I had the chance to handle some Egyptian lithics the other day, this is one of them, a lovely cresentric knife with very uniform pressure flaking scars.
mr.hertzian cone- Knap Meister
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Re: Lithics on display in museums
Ooh, Beautiful, really must get into Egyptian knapping more. I was looking at some of their animal designs only the other day.
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some of those flakes look to of gone right the way across the spine of the knife.
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Re: Lithics on display in museums
Yup, right across the centre line. Nice pressure flaking work indeed." />
Here is the other side and a very thin pasesh-kef knife with invasive flake over grind around the edges not quite meeting up towards the centre of the grind.
Here is the other side and a very thin pasesh-kef knife with invasive flake over grind around the edges not quite meeting up towards the centre of the grind.
mr.hertzian cone- Knap Meister
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Re: Lithics on display in museums
I nice video of the Grand Pressigny Museum in France. If I went there I go with a hammer and chisel and steel half their outer wall.
Re: Lithics on display in museums
nice ring to that flint - thanks for posting.
the barnacle- Knap Meister
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Re: Lithics on display in museums
Here's some pics from Ancient House in Thetford's Flint Rocks exhibition which I went to a couple of months ago.
Bill Basham's Flint Alphabet, the main reason I went there was to see this, even more amazing in real life.
Brandon Knappers flint panel.
Various prehistoric stuff
Bill Basham's Flint Alphabet, the main reason I went there was to see this, even more amazing in real life.
Brandon Knappers flint panel.
Various prehistoric stuff
Re: Lithics on display in museums
Thanks for posting - i was unaware there was a display - not working that way for a while but must make the effort to see this,
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