Indirect Percussion Part 1 of 4 - Flint Ridge Big Biface 1
Channel: Prehistoric Living
Date: 2021-04-14

Finally getting back to this beautiful but scary piece of Flint Ridge over a year after first bifacing it down. I love all the shades of purple, pink, and blue in this one, and there are some big chunks of quartz that give it a lot of character, but make it difficult to knap, especially when paired with those giant partially sealed up cracks in there. Here I use mostly indirect percussion to take thinning flakes, with a little bit of direct percussion and pressure flaking to help set up platforms. As you can see I opted for the 'million small flakes' method rather than going for large flakes and risking folding this thing in half. Stay tuned for more. 

Earlier videos of this particular rock:

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


Check out some of my other recent videos below:

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

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