Bidirectional (Naviform) Percussion Blade Core 1/2 - Initial Shaping - Knapping at Çatalhöyük
Channel: Prehistoric Living
Date: 02/09/2021

I took a raw nodule of obsidian from Göllü Dağ, Cappadocia, Turkey, and started turning it into a bidirectional percussion blade core, specifically a Naviform type. There was a lot of bubbly, rough cortical surface that I had to remove first, and a lot of shaping was required even though the nodule was pretty flat and appropriately shaped to begin with. Core preparation continues in Part 2, with some initial blade removals. Thanks for watching. Cheers.

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

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


Here are the links to the 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