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knapping
ˈknapping, vbl. n. [f. knap v.1 + -ing1.] The action of knap v.1; the action of striking or knocking; a. spec. a form of cheating in throwing dice (see quots., and cf. knap n.2 3); b. in mod. local use, the action of breaking stones or flints.a. 1680 Kirkman Eng. Rogue iv. 226 Knapping, is when you ...
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Knapping
Knapping is often learned by outdoor enthusiasts. Early European explorers to the New world were also exposed to flint knapping techniques.
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napping
▪ I. napping, vbl. n.1 (ˈnæpɪŋ) [f. nap v.1 + -ing1.] The action of sleeping or taking a nap.c 825 Vesp. Psalter cxxxi. 4 ᵹif ic sellu slep eᵹum minum oððe breᵹum minum hneappunge. a 1380 St. Aug. 486 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 70 Þou seist i schal slep and take napping sone. c 1440 York Myst. ...
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Flint
This process is referred to as knapping. Holmes Ellis began to study the knapping methods and techniques of Native Americans.
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knapper
▪ I. † knapper1 Sc. Obs. rare. In 6 -ar. [Jamieson suggests derivation from knape.] ‘A boor, a menial’ (Jam.).1513 Douglas æneis viii. Prol. 121 Grathit lyke sum knappar [Camb. MS. gnappar].▪ II. † knapper2 Obs. [f. knap v.2 + -er1.] One who bites abruptly, or snaps.1500–20 Dunbar Poems xxvii. 10 Of...
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Bulb of applied force
Typically, the striking of the flake is produced by knapping (or flintknapping), a process in which requires the user to chip away material from high-silica See also
Arrowhead
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Knapping
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Lithics
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Errett Callahan
Flint knapping and experimental archaeology
Callahan first began flint knapping in 1956. At the conference he set up a small knapping area where he engaged Danish archaeologists and raised awareness in experimental lithic technology.
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Phil Harding (archaeologist)
He learned flint-knapping from his uncle, Fred, and in only a few months became a skilled knapper, crafting many hunting tools from pieces of flint. He has since become an acknowledged expert on flint-knapping and is skilled in lithic reduction using both percussive techniques and pressure flaking,
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Ficron
Like other types of handaxes, ficrons are created through a process called flint-knapping or lithic reduction.
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Valentine Roux
Skills and learning difficulties involved in stone knapping: The case of stone‐bead knapping in Khambhat, India. World archaeology, 27(1), 63-87. Stone knapping: the necessary conditions for a uniquely hominin behaviour (p. xxx). McDonald Institute for archaeological research.
Roux, V. (2007).
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John C. Whittaker
Early on, he had to take a brief hiatus from knapping after he accidentally severed two tendons in his left index finger with a glass flake. In 1979, Whittaker and Dibble taught a course on experimental archaeology and knapping.
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Levallois
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Nicolas-Eugène Levallois, developer of Village Levallois, now part of Levallois-Perret
Levallois technique, an archaeology term for a type of stone knapping
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Tranchet flake
Knapping freehand allows for greater control while supporting the core against the leg makes the work easier. But things like the postures flintknappers have while knapping and how they used both of their hands (the various positioning while knapping) of those
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Fumane Cave
The first technique used linear and consecutive knapping to obtain blades and bladelets with sub-parallel edges. The second technique used alternate knapping progression to produce slender bladelets with a convergent shape.
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Lion Pit
Evidence has been found of flint-knapping using the Levallois technique by Neanderthals 200,000 years ago, and it has even been possible to fit back together
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