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A Stone Bead Production Complex from the Beginning of the Indus Civilization at Chanhu-Daro (Sindh, Pakistan) <div><p>Between 2016 and 2020, a massive stone bead workshop associated to dwelling units was discovered at Chanhu-daro site (Trench 2 and 3) and dated to the first period of the Indus Civilization (2600/2500-2300 BCE). A huge amount of different raw materials (e.g. flint, steatite, agate, carnelian, jasper, ernestite) was processed and debitage wastes of both knapping and cutting activities were identified. Tools for manufacturing, perforating or polishing the stone beads (e.g. blades, drills/borers, polishers, hammers, pressure flaker) -some of them unique and exceptionally preserved -were found together. Several beads roughouts, preforms, and finished products were also documented. For the first time (so-far) contextualized data about an intensive craft production from the first Indus period will be discussed. The evidence found at Chanhu-daro site will help reconstructing the whole stone beads manufacturing processes and investigating the related technical system.</p></div>

A little something about Pakistani-French excavations of
#Chanhudaro.

hal.science/hal-05532331
#MAFBI Mission Archéologique Française du Bassin de l'Indus

#beads #cornaline #carnelian #cornalina #IndusValley #knapping

This article comes from a talk given at #12ICAANE back in 2021.

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Making a Large Blade Core | Engineering Stone the Ancient Way
Making a Large Blade Core | Engineering Stone the Ancient Way YouTube video by Will Lord Prehistoric Survival

This is absolutely beautiful.

This is how our ancestors made knives, spears, arrows, scrapers, cutters, sickles and more.

He starts off with a massive, ungainly hunk, then slowly shapes it into a precious blade core.

#neolithic #knapping #flint #schist #jadeite #diorite #core #clovis

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Could Toolmaking Abilities Be Linked to Speech? CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA—IFL Science reports that the stone knapping skills of Paleolithic humans living in Britain […] The post Could Toolmaking Abilities Be Linked to Speech? appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
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Three green christmas trees shaped from knapped flint arrowhead drawings with colourful dots of christmas lights

Three green christmas trees shaped from knapped flint arrowhead drawings with colourful dots of christmas lights

Ringing in some final Christmas cheer with these archaeological arrowhead festive “trees” 🎄
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4427...

🏺 #archaeology #arrowheads #flint #knapping #archeology #anthropology #prehistoric

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From Alison Fisk: The photo shows an Acheulean biface handaxe knapped from dark grey flint with a creamy-white cortical layer, shown against a black background. The handaxe is roughly tear-drop shaped with a pointed tip and rounded bottom. There is a fossil shell centrally displayed on one face, identified as the Cretaceous bivalve mollusc Spondylus spinosus. Above the shell to the right is a small rectangular museum label. The toolmaker has knapped the flint in such a way as to retain the shell in a central position. Measurements 79mm x 35mm x 132mm Weight 0.375kg. Collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.

From Alison Fisk: The photo shows an Acheulean biface handaxe knapped from dark grey flint with a creamy-white cortical layer, shown against a black background. The handaxe is roughly tear-drop shaped with a pointed tip and rounded bottom. There is a fossil shell centrally displayed on one face, identified as the Cretaceous bivalve mollusc Spondylus spinosus. Above the shell to the right is a small rectangular museum label. The toolmaker has knapped the flint in such a way as to retain the shell in a central position. Measurements 79mm x 35mm x 132mm Weight 0.375kg. Collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.

Wow! Alison Fisk on Bluesky today showing "An extraordinary Acheulean handaxe knapped around a fossil shell c. 500,000-300,000 years ago!"

That's some serious dedication to the art of the craft. They wanted that shell to be in the hand axe. Of that I have no […]

[Original post on aus.social]

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From stone tools to skill schools….. what can prehistoric practices teach us about learning today?
Discover our hands-on study on how skills were acquired in the deep past.. and today !

Read our publication on paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...

#Knapping

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#Lithics #Refitting #Knapping
Excited to present my initial PhD results from Mozambique at SAFA 2025! If you're around, join us this week in Faro, Portugal @icarehb.bsky.social

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🤔 What do serpentine and flint have in common? They're both freshly listed in our shop!

🛍 Find them here 👉 osiomountainlapidary.etsy.com

#rock #stone #lapidary #lapidarymaterial #rockshop #serpentine #rockslab #slab #flint #knapper #knapping #stoneknapping #flintknapping

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Trade-Offs in Standardizing Raw Materials: Experimental Control in Live Knapping Studies | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core Trade-Offs in Standardizing Raw Materials: Experimental Control in Live Knapping Studies - Volume 12 Issue 4

Experimental archaeologists: standardizing blanks makes results clean but is tricky. @sahelanthrope.bsky.social et al. tested various materials and shapes. Each has pros and cons... This OPEN ACCESS paper compiles protocols & tips into one handy guide. #knapping #archaeology
doi.org/10.1017/aap....

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The #HindsgavlDagger from #Denmark, 1900-1700 BC. This #Neolithic #Flint #Dagger is considered among the most beautiful examples of flint #knapping. Unknown Photographer
#Artifact
#History
#Photography

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#lapidary #rockhound #roughrock #lapidaryshop #rocksforsale #crystalshop #osiomountainlapidary #rocks #stones #lapidarysupplies #lapidarysupply #lapidarymaterial #obsidian #knapper #knapping #stoneknapping #stoneknapper #rockshop

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❤️ Mixed #flint: osiomountainlapidary.etsy.com/listing/1889...

❤️ #Rainbowobsidian #knapping spall: osiomountainlapidary.etsy.com/listing/1889...

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#lapidary #flintknapping #rocksforsale #crystalshop #rockshop #lapidaryshop

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Daily dose of rocks day 9

#agate #rawagate #chalcedony #bayoffundy #bayoffundyrocks #novascotiaagate #rockhound #rockhounding #rockcollecting #mineralcollector #minerallove #rocksandminerals #knapping #projectilepoint #novascotiarockhounding

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I was walking along the creek today and found another rawhide scraper 😁.
But this one's in wayyyy better condition than the last two.
This makes me want to get my knapping tools out again 😃.

#knapping #flintknapping #artifacts #primitivetechnology #outdoorsman #bushcraft #natureboy #lgbtq

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Delighted to have our paper on #knapping published here. Read more on Flakes and feelings...

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Hello Bluesky 👀

Follow for content on experimental archaeology, prehistory, ancient craft skills & more

#flintknapping #knapping #archaeology #archaeologist #prehistory #prehistoric #palaeolithic #mesolithic #neolithic #stoneage #stonetools #craft #ancient

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#Knapping #Bifacial
A small bifacial tool, hafted in coffee wood.

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Making Obsidian Ninja Stars!
Making Obsidian Ninja Stars!

So, apparently it is possible to make effective shuriken out of obsidian. Apparently Dark Sun was right when it included chatkcha as a thri-kreen cultural weapon.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eQaBNEIE2Bw

#Shuriken #DarkSun #ThriKreen #Chatkcha #Knapping

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Finally getting some progress on the paleolithic game, and still harming my own eyes with the assets I made and/or stole from Role of Hex.

#indiedev #indie #prehistoric #historic #paleolithic #knapping #basic #stone #anvil

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#lithic #Knapping
Practicing thinning using antler @icarehb.bsky.social

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Bifacial point

Bifacial point

#Knapping #Lithic #Biface

Kicking off my first post on Bluesky with a bifacial flake point made from local Lisbona material.

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A new hobby you say?! 👀
#Knapping

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Definitely worth watching and indeed, doing a course with, Mr Will Lord. Everything from #knapping to #bronzecasting #bowmaking to #ancientcrafts can be covered. Based in #suffolk

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I believe it was knapped in the Mesolithic period, but is it a blade or merely a flake? I get a buzz when I pick these flints up and think of the last time they were handled #mesolithic #flint #knapping #Cornwall #Kernow

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Huge congratulations to Dr Vickie Anh-Vy Pham who graduated this weekend with her PhD on #chimpanzee buttress drumming and rhythm in flint #knapping. 🙉🔨🎶
"DRUMMING TREES AND STONE PERCUSSION: An Evolution of Rhythm"

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📢Data from #Chahudaro by #MAFBI contributes to this amazing presentation coming up tomorrow at @icaane13. Thanks to @mosdann and @FlorineMarchan4 for #knapping the way from #Levant to the #Indus

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Once Neolithic archaeologist, always Neolithic archaeologist. 🤷🏻‍♂️

How do you call a huge collection of #flint nodules? - Right, a #knapping challenge.

(Watch your fingers, though. 😬😉)

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8/ in the 1870s Jack made an living selling ‘dooplicates’ and demonstrating #knapping, but was arrested in Malton as ‘rogue and vagabond’. Alfred C. Elliott took a ferrotype in Jun 1872 at Stamford, which he sold for a shilling a piece (possibly this image?). 📸 @yorkmuseumtrust

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3/ Flint Jack sold his forgeries across the country but was exposed in 1859. His notoriety was guaranteed following a #knapping demonstration to @geolsoc in London on 7th January 1862. This undated image he shows Jack holding a hammer and a battle axe. 📸 MAA @CamUnivMuseums

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Robert John 'Black Jack' Snare 1835-1898, #knapping flints in #Brandon, c.1887. The man standing is the folklorist and tinder box maker, Edward Lovett. #flintfriday #Folklore. Image colourised by @colourisesg

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