•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.