Rough Photo Progression
Dublin Core
Title
Rough Photo Progression
Description
This page will show some pictures taken during flintknapping sessions. Some may show the progress step by step after each flake, and others may show photos of pieces incomplete or destroyed.
Creator
Derek d'Agostino
Collection Items
Obsidian Flake to Broken Rough Biface
The following pictures go through a slight progression from a flake to a rough biface that was broken. The flake was from a polyhedral core I was shaping, and I started to work on it bifacially bringing up the center line with direct percussion. In…
Georgetown Nodule Cleaning
The following pictures detail the "cleaning process" of clearing cortical flakes off a nodule of Georgetown Flint. Some of the flakes show decent feather terminations, while others may detail a hinge or step fracture. This can be caused by a variety…