Title:
Cow Bone Clovis Part 1

Description:
Using a buffalo leg bone, then a cow leg bone to demonstrate direct percussion in making a clovis point. The main point of this video is to show the different stages of using blending flakes to straighten and lower edges slightly while working in series in order to set up edges for rapid reduction using isolated platforms. I also wish to show that non antler percussors are very effective tools. It makes sense to me that many cultures would have more access to these bones than they would antlered animals for billets. There are subtle differences in platforms, and flake surfaces produced by bones, but they are very similar to antler. Bones such as these lower leg bones, once seasoned, make very quick tools and do not require the work to prepare before use that antler does. However, they do not last as long as antler because they are pithy under the outer layer of bone.

Author:
Flintknappingtips

Tags:
american, and, archaeology, art, buffalo, clovis, flintknapping, native, paleoplanet, peace, quiet,