Beautiful rock....Thanks for doing these videos for us....so enjoyable for us stressed out Vietnam helicopter pilots....A little Pandora music and watching and learning from your videos is a big help...Thanks..
I have a ranch in Georgia, i find arrow heads and other ancient tools ,they are fasinating.according to my research,these indians did not have metals including copper, so how did they make such intricate, delicate, beautiful,artifacts.
The book I have, on the Gault site in Texas, defines these various stages of the reduction. The researchers see the stages as very important and I can see why. The fact that there are artifacts found in distinct stages of manufacture shows that there we "pauses" or deliberate attempts to either transport, cache, or refine these bifaces. It seems that clovis manufacturing technology is a start-stop process and does not flow continuously from start to finish. About 15-20 minutes per stage.
Check the landscape supply yards. If that's where you're getting the river cobble then try to find a knapping group. There are a lot of knappers in the Austin area. They will have good quality flint available at the knap-ins.
The tools are made of Ultra High Molecular Weight Plastic or UHMW Plastic. I get the material from a guy on ebay. Just do a search for UHMW Plastic Rod. I got the copper sphere on ebay too.
Although the authors of the book see the clovis manufacturing process as "continuous" and the stages as "heuristic" (page 198), I personally see the stages as deliberate. As a knapper, I find it useful to knapp these points in a start-stop manner. But that's my own take.
When you attacked that last bit of coretex around 1.96 you went for a platform a bit behind the zigzag. Was that hit on the "wrong" side of the platform intuitive but still detached that flake with coretex or were you intending to create an opening so you could then have more of a good angle to work with? It sucks to not have anyone here in Portugal with whom I can talk about this!
hey i have been watching your videos for about a year now and have picked up on your techniques. but i made all my tools and the constant beating on the tools have taken its toll. i was wondering where you got the materials your tools are made of, is it nylon or delrin? and where did you get the copper sphere! that is awesome! i dont live too far from you i live in waco texas but i dont have any places to go out and pick up good knappable flint iv been getting river cobble, not the best quality
