In this episode of #KnapTime, James will be taking you through a step by step guide to platform preparation in the process of making bifaces. This video will focus on preparing a raw flint nodule with hammerstone strikes, reading angles and setting up the correct angles for your platforms for those really invasive flakes. This is a fundamental part of flintknapping that is mirrored on a large scale for axe heads and right down to pressure flaking arrowheads. As James works through the primary cortical flakes and begins to open up the flint, he discusses the use of tools like abraders, and a little bit of antler hammer work. This video is very much focuses on technique and understanding rather than trying to produce a specific tool type.

Filmed Edited & Produced by Emma Jones of ELWJ Media - www.elwjmedia.co.uk

A special thanks to the Lithics Society and the Wymer Bursary.
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