American flintknappers : Stone Age art in the age of computers / John C. Whittaker
| Author(s): | Whittaker, John C. (John Charles), 1953- |
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| Subjects: | Flintknapping Stone implements |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Published: | Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004 |
| LC Classification: | T, TT |
| Table of Contents: | Acknowledgments 1. Introduction : coming to the knap-in 1 2. Making stone tools : the world's oldest craft 17 3. From fakes and experiments to knap-ins : the roots of modern flintknapping 34 4. The knap-in : people and organization 72 5. Knappers at the knap-in 112 6. Status and stones 147 7. Art, craft, or reproduction : knapper esthetics 169 8. Can't never have too much flint : the lore of stone 203 9. Modern Stone Age economics 227 10. Knappers, collectors, archaeologists : ethics and conflicts 249 11. Silicon and society 289 App. A. Knapper mail survey questionnaire 309 App. B. Fall 1996 Fort Osage Knap-in registration 314 App. C. New York Knap-in contest rules, 1994 316 App. D. New York Knap-in contest rules, 1996 318 Bibliography 320 Notes 345 Index 347 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2003017053 ISBN: 0292701632 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN: 0292702663 (pbk. : alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]--344) and index |
| Physical Description: | xii, 353 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 52773430 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0292701632 0292702663 |