Acheulean Handaxe from Raw Nodule - Part 1: Zigzagging the Edges
Channel: Prehistoric Living
Date: 18/12/2021

I've been holding on to this rock for over a year, maybe two. Georgetown Chert from Texas. Pretty much that whole time I wanted to turn it into a big Acheulean handaxe, it seemed to be its natural purpose. I finally got the reason to make one for somebody, and put all my large hammerstone work to the test. It went well, I am happy with the progress so far. 

Thanks for watching. Cheers. 

Here are the links to the videos in the Knapping at Çatalhöyük series that I did this past summer:

What I'm up to at Çatalhöyük This Summer - A Quick Intro - https://youtu.be/8TqVmGxjCjU

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

Knapping at Çatalhöyük - Finishing a Stemmed Point - https://youtu.be/tDMAxysu79g

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

Bidirectional (Naviform) Percussion Blade Core 2/2 - Final Shaping and Initial Blade Removals - https://youtu.be/fLL6g0JmS94


Here are the links to the Ohio series that I finished recently:

Presenting the Completed Ohio Project - https://youtu.be/nfIW11jRc_Q

Starting a Hornstone Biface Cache - Biface #1 - https://youtu.be/eNzc6OBAXLU

Making a Hornstone Biface Cache - Biface #2 - https://youtu.be/nvvL4fwxepo

Biface #3 for the Hornstone Biface Cache - https://youtu.be/qM5FqN8gk6U

Breaking the 4th Biface for the Hornstone Cache - https://youtu.be/zF9cPLdHf6U

Spalling Down a Large Hornstone Nodule for the Biface Cache - https://youtu.be/RWz97xsgs1Q

Making an Ovate Biface with Stone and Antler Tools - https://youtu.be/tG6-QeCjSws

Making a Flat Round Biface for the Cache - https://youtu.be/7WAY0YLcuNs

Lucky #7 - Making the Final Biface for the Hornstone Cache - https://youtu.be/2ADFGXY2d5w

Flint Ridge Big Biface 1 - Direct Percussion Part 1 of 2 - https://youtu.be/IYZrJ96AUh8

Flint Ridge Big Biface 1 - Direct Percussion Part 2 of 2 - https://youtu.be/KHOeeWVHcjE

Flint Ridge Big Biface 1 of 4 - Indirect Percussion Part 1 - https://youtu.be/WS_Gu5jzC8g

Indirect Percussion Part 2 of 4 - Flint Ridge Big Biface 1 - https://youtu.be/X_lEvlw97Yg

Indirect Percussion Part 3 of 4 - Flint Ridge Big Biface 1 - https://youtu.be/OohV2nvvlIw

Indirect Percussion Part 4 of 4 - Flint Ridge Big Biface 1 - https://youtu.be/Nrcobpet8dw

Finishing a Flint Ridge Agate Basin Point with Pressure Flaking - https://youtu.be/wi1YACNYJkI

Flint Ridge Small Biface 2 - Initial Reduction - https://youtu.be/cGDYZW9um44

Flint Ridge Small Biface 2 - Intermediate Thinning - https://youtu.be/qdfzm724Bj4

Flint Ridge Small Biface 2 - Initial Pressure Flaking - https://youtu.be/eXmo67bfWxc

More Pressure Flaking - Flint Ridge Small Biface 2 - https://youtu.be/FFaHaHhTDjI

Notching and Finishing a Benton Point - Flint Ridge Small Biface 2 - https://youtu.be/cMjz6wdR9GE

Pressure Flaking a Thebes Point - Flint Ridge Big Biface 3 - https://youtu.be/OEO_X0skmWo

Flint Ridge Big Biface 3 - Indirect Percussion Thinning - https://youtu.be/5bpiLkwf1_I

Flint Ridge Big Biface 3 - Initial Reduction - Will it Break? - https://youtu.be/ZkLW4jTVojk


And check out these links to some of my other recent videos below:

Flintknapping in 4K - Mahogany Obsidian - Intermediate Thinning - https://youtu.be/yrBgpi2Kev0

Flintknapping in 4K - Mahogany Obsidian - Initial Biface Reduction - https://youtu.be/UxF0wYGfTm4

Starting a Small Shelter - https://youtu.be/cZmgsypHWkg

Hafting Stone Axe with Pine Pitch and Chopping Down Two Saplings (Black Walnut) - https://youtu.be/QFGG9qfAd8E

Making Pine Pitch and Improving My Grinding Stone - https://youtu.be/AlOIT4v7zbY

Hornstone Nodule 2 - Spalling and Making a Small Axe - https://youtu.be/aylgLXLQ9_I

Finishing an Agatized Coral Clovis Point - https://youtu.be/PEuVvMc-clY

Making a Mud Updraft Kiln - https://youtu.be/pM6-iQaVvQs

First Pottery Firing in the Kiln - https://youtu.be/1SqNisf1_JA

Baking Bread in the Updraft Kiln - https://youtu.be/nuPezrenshc

Enlarging the Kiln Firebox and Firing Two Small Pots - https://youtu.be/aoms7qvhUjU