In the world of Paleolithic humans, art, technology, and culture must have intersected in wholly different ways than they do today. Is an iPhone a functional work of art on par with these magnificent and beautiful stone tools? How many of us, if pressed, could make a phone? What does it say about a culture when the technology that shapes it is outside the technical understanding of the average person? These are the questions…
Back to the beginnings. Larry Kinsella is a great flint knapper and an all-around talented guy who, amongst other things, recreates stone-age technologies from his home near Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site (one of the great cities of the prehistoric world) in Illinois.
A 6.35 kilogram (14 US pound) nodule of Burlington chert.
Back in 2008, Larry, prompted by Tim Baumann, created a great lithic experiment for a Missouri Archaeology Month poster.
On May 28th,2008, Larry received an e-mail from Dr. Tim Baumann: Larry, “I still need your help with the Missouri Archaeology Month Poster. The theme for 2008 is prehistoric lithic resources in Missouri. The back of the poster will have unmodified samples of chert and other lithic resources used by Native Americans in Missouri. I am working with Jack Ray and utilizing his new book on Ozarks lithic resources. Jack is also organizing the fall symposium on…View original post 639 more words
Robert Mitchell Jr. 