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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Bone pile on July 29, 2013, 12:05:27 pm

Title: Albo demo
Post by: Bone pile on July 29, 2013, 12:05:27 pm

A friend of mine gave a knapping demo to a group of professors from Gainsville and the Southwest Archaeological society .They wanted to see how the Neanderthals would have made blades.He ( Claude Van Order) used raw Ocala formation rock.He used only hamerstones and he didn't isolate any platforms . This was an interesting demo and the blades he produced were a sharp uni-faced tool. Here's a shot of him knocking some spalls out to work on .check out the tools lying to his right
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Title: Re: Albo demo
Post by: TRACY on July 29, 2013, 12:44:17 pm

Very cool! Nothing modern there.


Tracy

Title: Re: Albo demo
Post by: Thesquirrelslinger on July 29, 2013, 12:52:12 pm

except the clothing, building, the camera that took the pics.... ;)

Awesome... you got any pics of the blades?

Title: Re: Albo demo
Post by: Outbackbob48 on July 29, 2013, 01:03:43 pm

I would have loved to see the demo, I have never seen Claude at work but have heard nothing but good on his spectacular work.

Title: Re: Albo demo
Post by: mullet on July 29, 2013, 03:44:48 pm

I've definitely shot a lot of his points into the woods around Florida for 30 something, years.