Root Beer Chert Part 1/9, Initial Reduction with Hammerstone Direct Percussion
Channel: Prehistoric Living
Date: 2022-10-05

As voted by 15 of you in my first community poll on this channel, here is the first phase of working down this large flat nodule of beautiful Root Beer Chert from central Texas, beating out the pastel Rainbow Obsidian with a score of 10-5. It's my first time working this stuff, and dang, it works like a dream. Going to have to buy a lot more of this stuff soon!

Thanks for watching. Cheers. 

Here are the links to all the parts of this series:

Root Beer Chert Part 1/9, Initial Reduction with Hammerstone Direct Percussion - https://youtu.be/6pgDwF4pP3A

Root Beer Chert Part 2/9, More Hammerstone Work - https://youtu.be/TqVpxploTYI

Root Beer Chert Part 3/9, Antler Direct Percussion - https://youtu.be/9xt9qWxTvyU

Root Beer Chert Part 4/9, Thinning With Antler Direct Percussion - https://youtu.be/Xf6XqsAZVJA

Root Beer Chert Part 5/9, More Thinning With Antler - https://youtu.be/C3qV8IBb1WM

Root Beer Chert Part 6/9, Antler Indirect Percussion - https://youtu.be/_lxch96as00

Root Beer Chert Part 7/9, More Indirect Thinning - https://youtu.be/Ca8mArSBYAU

Root Beer Chert Part 8/9, Shaping the Pedernales Base - https://youtu.be/8-NevCTrIJI

Root Beer Chert Part 9/9, Breaking the Piece, And My Heart - https://youtu.be/VcOP45aueqU

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Here are the links to the videos from the Silver Sheen Obsidian series:

Auction #2, Silver Sheen Obsidian (Lot of 4 Points) - Live until October 9th 2022 at 11:59pm EST - https://youtu.be/eXqa9MfCjdk

Silver Sheen Obsidian Part 1, Initial Reduction with Hammerstone Direct Percussion - https://youtu.be/VisrplLhK00

Silver Sheen Obsidian Part 2, Antler Direct Percussion - https://youtu.be/jrrYvkXpZew

Silver Sheen Obsidian Part 3, Breaking the Biface but Salvaging the Pieces - https://youtu.be/SDo54aTlaYE

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Below are the links to all the videos from the making of the Daysite Dalton I made previously:

SOLD for $60 - Auction #1 - Daysite Dalton - September 17 2022 - https://youtu.be/81CVpEWuB7U

20 Minute Daysite Biface - Part 1, Hammerstone Direct Percussion - https://youtu.be/IuOva1FDOKc

Daysite Dalton Part 2, Antler Direct Percussion - https://youtu.be/4AheXjfVK3Y

Daysite Dalton Part 3, Antler Indirect Percussion - https://youtu.be/ruv6xmmxfWM

Daysite Dalton Part 4, Knapping in Algonquin Park - https://youtu.be/IvrRdbS7yOQ

Daysite Dalton Part 5, More Knapping in Algonquin Park - https://youtu.be/HkNp-7zScoo

Daysite Dalton Part 6, Indirect Percussion and Pressure Work - https://youtu.be/pAwOP7LgxqY

Daysite Dalton Part 7, More Indirect and Pressure - https://youtu.be/lgG23OwQYt4

Daysite Dalton Part 8, Even More Indirect and Pressure - https://youtu.be/CF4hlYnqiK8

Daysite Dalton Part 9, All Pressure Work - https://youtu.be/tJCO04gPWRU

Daysite Dalton Part 10, More Pressure Flaking - https://youtu.be/KUuKXy-RsyM

Daysite Dalton Part 11, Finishing the Point - https://youtu.be/cNkRwGV-5QI

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And a link to some other videos I did in Algonquin Park back in May:

Algonquin Trip #1, May 2022 - https://youtu.be/pU1TJDgP4Hc

Algonquin Trip #2, May 2022 - https://youtu.be/DsgX8u5BNyU

Roast Chicken Over the Campfire in Algonquin Park - Intentional ASMR - https://youtu.be/j2mKmhKT_Rs

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Here are the links to the videos from my giveaway series:

Stone on Stone Bifacing - 500 Subscriber Giveaway Part 1 of 14 - https://youtu.be/rkkSo9YwtFU

Biface Thinning with Stone and Antler - 500 Subscriber Giveaway Part 2 of 14 - https://youtu.be/nrNytWJskIU

Making a New Antler Pressure Flaker and Using It - 500 Subscriber Giveaway Part 5 of 14 - https://youtu.be/lH_BqGBCVqQ

Picking a New Giveaway Winner, Celebrating 600 Subscribers! - https://youtu.be/mLLVgjN_J1o

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And here are the links for the Acheulean series I did last:

Acheulean Handaxe from Raw Nodule - Part 1: Zigzagging the Edges - https://youtu.be/6pA9z2_e434

Acheulean Handaxe from Raw Nodule - Part 2: Thinning and Shaping - https://youtu.be/h_O2uzDGcMY

Acheulean Handaxe from Raw Nodule - Part 3: Finishing - https://youtu.be/vMojpoK-tAM

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Here are the links to the videos in the Knapping at Çatalhöyük series:

Knapping at Çatalhöyük - Biface from Raw Cappadocian Obsidian Nodule (Turkey) - https://youtu.be/Uymy9b52ytc

Roughing out an Obsidian Conical Blade Core at Çatalhöyük - https://youtu.be/iEOWb505IP4

Removing Blades From an Obsidian Conical Core With Indirect Percussion - https://youtu.be/Y_9M6AACD8E

Bidirectional (Naviform) Percussion Blade Core 1/2 - Initial Shaping - Knapping at Çatalhöyük - https://youtu.be/bg49zUs1ngI