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I think they look for "Conchoidal fractures", and then where they find the thing. https://www.sandatlas.org/conchoidal-fracture/ https://www.sandatlas.org/conc
by DanBC 6y ago
I think they look for "Conchoidal fractures", and then where they find the thing.
https://www.sandatlas.org/conchoidal-fracture/ https://www.sandatlas.org/conchoidal-fracture/
- 082349872349872 6y agoI haven't tried knapping yet myself, but it apparently takes planning several flakes in advance, because one needs to leave well-positioned striking platforms for each flake. Single-click shopping sounds much less mentally taxing than stone age technology. https://peterborougharchaeology.org/archaeology-skills-techniques/identification-of-knapped-flints/ https://peterborougharchaeology.org/archaeology-skills-techn... http://www.pugetsoundknappers.com/how_to/how_to_instruction/PressureFlaking.htm http://www.pugetsoundknappers.com/how_to/how_to_instruction/...
- AlotOfReading 6y agoNot always, but it's one of the common indicators. The general process for survey identification goes like this: you walk around looking at the ground and notice the unnatural ones. This is a purely intuitive sense, so you pick one up and look closer to see that yep straight edges, conchoidal fractures, common material, found in a bed with other clear lithics, etc. Bag and tag.