2 Making Stone Tools: The World’s Oldest Craft

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. 1 Introduction: Coming to the Knap-in 1
5. 2 Making Stone Tools: The World’s Oldest Craft 17
6. 3 From Fakes and Experiments to Knap-ins: The Roots of Modern Flintknapping 34
7. 4 The Knap-in: People and Organization 72
8. 5 Knappers at the Knap-in 112
9. 6 Status and Stones 147
10. 7 Art, Craft, or Reproduction: Knapper Esthetics 169
11. 8 Can’t Never Have Too Much Flint: The Lore of Stone 203
12. 9 Modern Stone Age Economics 227
13. 10 Knappers, Collectors, Archaeologists: Ethics and Conflicts 249
14. 11 Silicon and Society 289
15. Appendix A Knapper Mail Survey Questionnaire 309
16. Appendix B Fall 1966 Fort Osage Knap-in Registration 314
17. Appendix C New York Knap-in Contest Rules, 1994 316
18. Appendix D New York Knap-in Contest Rules, 1996 318
19. Bibliography 320
20. Notes 345
21. Index 347