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Knapping

Knapping (/ˈnæpɪŋ/ NAP-ing) is the shaping of flint, chert, obsidian, or other conchoidal fracturing stone through the process of lithic reduction to manufacture stone tools, strikers for flintlock firearms, or to produce flat-faced stones for building or facing walls, and flushwork decoration. The term “knap”(1500s) was originally onomatopoeic and meant…

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Knapping

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Avg. degree1.95
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related to Contemporary study · 21
Knapping → Additionally, California Native American, Don Crabtree, Early European, English, Europe, European, Experiments, Flintworking, François Bordes, Ishi, Many, Modern American, New, Old World, Phil Harding, These, Time Team, UK, United States
related to Health hazards · 9
Knapping → Ancient, Brandon, However, In, It, Suffolk, The, This, When
related to Tools · 8
Knapping → Beyond, Early, EPA, Levallois, One, The, There, This
related to Method · 5
Knapping → Flintknapping, For, More, Often, Stone
related to Uses · 5
Knapping → Africa, Archaeologists, Hunter-gatherers, In, Levallois

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tools stone used knappers flint early modern flakes tool methods shaping also brandon chert use made techniques dust silicosis pressure

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a hammerstone to remove lithic flakes from a nucleus or core of tool stoneinstance ofchert is worked using a fabricator0.80text
Experiments in Flintworkinginstance ofseveral pioneering nineteenth-century European experimental knappers are also known and in the late 1960s and early 1970s experimental archaeologist Don Crabtree published texts0.80text
Knappingrelated to Contemporary studyModern American0.60section
Knappingrelated to Contemporary studyCalifornia Native American0.60section
Knappingrelated to Contemporary studyIshi0.60section
Knappingrelated to Contemporary studyEarly European0.60section
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Knappingrelated to Contemporary studyAdditionally0.60section
Knappingrelated to Contemporary studyEuropean0.60section
Knappingrelated to Contemporary studyDon Crabtree0.60section
Knappingrelated to Contemporary studyExperiments0.60section
Knappingrelated to Contemporary studyFlintworking0.60section

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