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Flint Knapping: A Guide to Making Your Own Stone Age Toolkit Paperback – Illustrated, June 3, 2013

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Flint knapping, which is the shaping of flint or other fracturing stone to manufacture tools, was one of the primary skills used for survival by our prehistoric ancestors. Early mankind once made and used these implements on a daily basis to hunt, prepare food and clothing, to farm, make shelters, and perform all the other tasks required for Stone Age existence.

A material that has been with us since earliest times, flint still plays a part in our lives today: it is used in cigarette, gas and barbeque lighters; in some parts of Britain it is a major building material; and many of our beaches have shingle which is just flint by another name.

In this informative and original guide, expert Robert Turner explains how flint was used, what tools were made and what they were made for, and provides detailed instruction of how to make them, enabling the reader to replicate their own Stone Age toolkit. Illustrated throughout, Flint Knapping is a journey of archaeological discovery through the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Ages.

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    0752488740
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ROBERT TURNER teaches flint knapping at Sussex University, Chichester College (Brinsbury Campus), Amberley Museum and Butser Iron Age Village, as well as at shows and National Trust meetings. He lives in West Sussex.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The History Press; Illustrated edition (June 3, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0752488740
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0752488745
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.4 x 9.21 inches
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Danielle M. Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2024
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Awesome book
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Sue M.
5.0 out of 5 stars Good beginners book
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2016
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This is a guide for beginning flint knappers. It's well written, and ive found it to be very useful . Good starter book, but it also works up to the trickier arrowheads for those who want to do that, and sooner or later we all do. I'm primarily interested in the ancient Paleolithic tools, but this book covers both.
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Rhode Island Ray
5.0 out of 5 stars Flint knapping how to book
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2015
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Have not read the book yet, but it is well illustrated and they seem to be well thought out and help you to understand the concepts that are needed to understand so you can do basic flint knapping... Once I have read the book I will come back and do a more thorough review...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Flint Knapping by Robert Turner
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2014
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Of the three or four knapping books I have read, this one explains things better than the others. It makes you want to go out and make something.
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Tim Harvey
5.0 out of 5 stars Ecellent Guide.
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2020
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This is an easy to understand and follow. I hope to be knapping soon.
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Be1bob
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book.
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2018
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Great instructual book for beginners on flint knapping. My son loves it. He is 10 and can follow along fine. Highly recommend
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Kristen
5.0 out of 5 stars easy-to-use
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2020
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very informative information. Arrived super fast
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Mr.Foster
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2021
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Very good book
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Doran Ramsay
5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource book for your library.
Reviewed in Canada on April 1, 2022
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This book was researched and printed in Great Britain and therefore has a different perspective on this hobby then the standard North American approach.
Lots of narrative and hand-drawn, line pictures. Could use more 'how-to' photographs.
What makes this book interesting, is it's different teaching of non-typical types of flint tools not frequently seen on this side of the pond.
Interesting and a affordable read.
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STEPHAN CIARBONETTI
5.0 out of 5 stars Top
Reviewed in Italy on May 27, 2023
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5.0 out of 5 stars Eine sehr schöne Einführung in das Thema Feuersteinwerkzeuge!
Reviewed in Germany on March 11, 2022
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Eine sehr schöne Einführung in das Thema Feuersteinwerkzeuge!
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JamesV
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Practical, Thorough
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2021
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I purchased this book on an impulse as I often find myself on flint covered beaches and found myself wondering about flint knapping. I didn't know anything about the author or book other than a quick glance at the reviews on here.

This book starts with a detailed description on how knapping technically works, with percussive shock waves penetrating the stone, and then moves swiftly on to practical demonstrations on how to use this knowledge to knap various things from a hand axe to arrowheads and everything in-between.

Personally I find this to be a great starting place for learning about this hobby. The author even described a possible process by which flint is made in chalk deposits. Something I hadn't found clearly expressed online before.

All in all, an excellent book which should provide me with a very solid foundation for future experimentation. Highly recommended.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Eine seltene Kunst, ein seltenes Buch, gut!
Reviewed in Germany on March 16, 2022
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Flintschlagen, neben anderem ein zu Unrecht in Vergessenheit geratendes Wissen von Jahrhundertausenden! Kann ich jedem ans Herz legen, so wie auch das Feuermachen. DIE GRUNDLAGEN MENSCHLICHEN KULTURSCHAFFENS
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