How Did People Make and Use Stone Tools? Part 3: All About Flakes
Channel: ArchaeologySouthwest
Date: 28/05/2020

How Did People Make and Use Stone Tools? Part III. All About Flakes: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Ancient Technologies expert Allen Denoyer brings Hands-On Archaeology directly to you. Although our Hands-On Archaeology classes are on hold, you can experience Allen’s knowledge and instruction through video. In this segment, Allen discusses the different types of flakes you might create in the process of making a projectile point. 

To learn more about how people made and used stone tools, download our fact sheet at: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/free-resources/fact-sheets/how-did-people-make-flaked-stone-tools/

This video, in its entirety, is provided for informational purposes only. If you decide to utilize it in any other way, please know that you do so at your own risk. The activity shown requires knowledge and skill in flintknapping.