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Author:   John C. Whittaker
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780292702660

ISBN 10:   0292702663
Pages:   375
Publication Date:   01 May 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments1. Introduction: Coming to the Knap-in The Knap-in Ethos Sources of Information The Knap-in at Fort Osage2. Making Stone Tools: The World's Oldest Craft The Processes of Flintknapping Tools and the Knappers' Ethos3. From Fakes and Experiments to Knap-ins: The Roots of Modern Flintknapping Charlie Shewey Early Archaeologists and Fakers Native Knappers Mack Tussinger and the Oklahoma Eccentrics Daniel, Howe, and Others McCormick the Folsom Fluter Bryon Rinehart and Grey Ghosts Richard Warren--Scale Work and Lap Knapping Patterns in the Early Modern Knappers Halvor Skavlem and the Hobby Knapper Archaeology and Replication Knapping Newsletters The First Knap-ins Waldorf and The Art of Flintknapping Transition to the Current Scene The Current Scene4. The Knap-in: People and Organization Bob Hunt, Organizer at Fort Osage George Eklund, Commercial Knapper Jim Regan, Copper Toolsmith Gene Stapleton, Dealing in Stone Percy Atkinson: Gourds, Axes, and Philosophy D. C. and Val Waldorf, Knap-in Professionals Ingrid Jones, Knapper Spouse Knapper Demography A Continent of Knap-ins Mid-West Flintknappers' Convention, June 1993 Pine City Knap-in Evergreen Lake Knap-in, July 1996 Genesee Valley Flint Knappers Association Knap-in, August 1996 Flint Ridge Knap-in, August 1996 Knap-in Generalities5. Knappers at the Knap-in Culture and Community of Practice Performance Learning to Knap Learning the Ethos Politics, Gender, and Ethnicity Expressions of Identity The Chipping Keeps You Going: Why Knappers Knap6. Status and Stones The Knap-in as Egalitarian Event Ooga-Booga, a Ritual of Inclusion Status and Competition in Knapping Talking with Stone: Ritual Exchange and Expression of Status7. Art, Craft, or Reproduction: Knapper Esthetics Stone Tools as Art and Folk Art Two Knappers, Two Attitudes The Ideal Point: Common Esthetic Rules The Rules in Action: Knapping Contests Imitation as Esthetic Goal Point Types and Artistic Choices Replicas and the Art of Knapping8. Can't Never Have Too Much Flint: The Lore of Stone The Mystique of Stone The Qualities of Stone The Quest for Stone Decreasing Resources9. Modern Stone Age Economics Frank Stevens, Knap-in Entrepreneur A Trip to Quartzite Market Knapping Art Knapping Dale Cannon and Stone Knives10. Knappers, Collectors, Archaeologists: Ethics and Conflicts Replicas, Fakes, and Art Fakes, Replicas, and Ethics Murmurings at the Knap-in Woody's Dreams and Knappers' Nightmares Fakes and Archaeology Counting Knappers and Points Markets, Again The World of Collecting Authentication Archaeological Impacts of Modern Knapping: Collections The Creation and Destruction of Sites Epilogue: Sin and Society11. Silicon and Society Silicon Connections Forming and Breaking The FutureAppendix A. Knapper Mail Survey QuestionnaireAppendix B. Fall 1996 Fort Osage Knap-in RegistrationAppendix C. New York Knap-in Contest Rules, 1994Appendix D. New York Knap-in Contest Rules, 1996NotesBibliographyIndex

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Whittaker's American Flintknappers will be an important resource for students of modern replication studies. This publication not only presents information on modern non-academic flintknappers, it also addresses issues of interest to anyone studying folk technologies in general. -- James C. Woods, College of Southern Idaho The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

"""This is a superb book, authored by one of the only people with both the anthropological background and the connections in the world of contemporary flintknapping to write it. It really is unlike any work I'm aware of in lithics studies.""--Michael Stafford, Director, Cranbrook Institute of Science"

This is a superb book, authored by one of the only people with both the anthropological background and the connections in the world of contemporary flintknapping to write it. It really is unlike any work I'm aware of in lithics studies. --Michael Stafford, Director, Cranbrook Institute of Science

Author Information

John C. Whittaker is Professor of Anthropology at Grinnell College in Iowa.

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