last weekend I was trying to flint knap the very first time for a course on experimental archaeology I was attending at university. after roughly an hour, I already had three plasters applied...
Excellent video! Quality blades produced from quality cores. I assume (by their appearance, together with your accent!) that this is UK flint .. like Brandon flint. Thanks for sharing this!
The chisel tipped arrows were for water foul. If you send a pointed arrowhead through a giant flock of water foul it will glance between the birds. A chisel tipped arrowhead randomly launched into a flock of birds would harvest way more game than a pointed arrow. Notice the chisel tipped arrows are only found near large bodies of water with flocking foul.
Unfortunately there isn’t the faunal evidence to show people were hunting water foul. They’re also not always found near bodies of water (current or ancient). The key thing to remember is that different arrowhead types don’t occur at the same time in Neolithic Britain other than brief transitions.
I think it would be more of a gradient. Like basically everyone could knock out a knife or serviceable spearpoint, but finer more reliable work would be on a skilled individual. Like someone knowing how to sharpen their knife today vs making a knife.
@@ancientcraftUK interesting ! I am about to order some flint from needham and curious about heat treating temps , my wrists need a rest, us scots are stuck knapping glass from discarded buckfast bottles so raw flint is a shocker
Flakes need to cook for a couple of hours at 350-400°C. That Needham chalks flint is tough I agree. I’ll hopefully be coming up to Scotland in May to do knapping workshops
@@ancientcraftUK thanks thats great info on the temps, i would really like to come to that demo and get some tips from you , i am in the Dumbarton area but can travel to the event wherever it is covid permitting Keep us all posted !
