February 24-26 in Baker, California San Bernardino County
Students need to bring bed clothes or a sleeping bag, protective leather (or equivalent) for lap and palm, sturdy gloves, shoes that cover the feet, and long pants. Tools and raw materials are provided.
The Art and Science of Flintknapping
February 24, 25, and 26, 2012
California Desert Studies Center (ZZYZX) [http://biology.fullerton.edu/dsc/pdf/courses2010winter.pdf]
This is a weekend learning experience for those who want to make stonetools and understand the waste products of the reduction process. This anthropology class is taught by Dr. Jeanne Day Binning and Charles (Chuck) Bouscaren at the California State University Desert Studies Center (ZZYZX) near Baker, California. Students stay in a dormitory setting and five cafeteria-style meals are provided.* The class is $325.00 per person or $610.00 per couple and starts at 7:00 PM on Friday evening and ends early Sunday afternoon. Most of the class time is spent doing hands-on activities; lectures occur on Friday and Saturday evenings. The class is limited to 23 students.
Each participant has the opportunity to haft what he or she manufactures (arrow point, dart point, or knife). Planned activities include heat treatment of silicious rocks, basic percussion biface reduction, basic pressure flaking (including notching), the use of an atlatl, and the use of a single-stave, self bow. Groundstone manufacture is also covered. Rock samples and different types of debitage are available for students to study during the class.
For more information, call (951) 827-5801 (University of California, Riverside Extension).
Also, potential participants can register for the class by calling (951) 827-4105 or (800) 442-4990 or online at the UCR Extension website: extension.ucr.edu/schedule/index.html.
Dr. Binning can be reached at 559-301-7707 if there are additional questions.
