Objectives
•Define what is meant by the term flintknapping.
•Identify the properties of lithic materials that are suitable for flintknapping.
•Identify the name of the lithic material that was widely used in New York, the formation from which it comes, and its general location.
•Identify some of the tools that are needed to knap and define their uses.
•Define what is meant by pecking & grinding
•Describe the degree to which the skills of ancient flintknappers and knowledge of the properties of rocks & minerals were critical to survival in pre-history.