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keekeerun:
Frank what is abo knapping

Hillbilly:
Abo knapping is usually considered to be knapping with organic/natural percussors-antler, wood, stone, etc. Most knappers nowadays use copper, both styles work well, but require somewhat different techniques. I fall somewhere in the middle: I do all my percussion with rock, antler, or wood, but I use copper pressure flakers more often than antler ones.

keekeerun:
thanks hillbilly

Sparrow:
   Copper appears in the archy record for the mississippi,great lakes,columbia river and the northwest coast (and lets don't forget about the ice man),But you are right,most don't consider the use of copper to be pure abo.  Frank

Hillbilly:
Frank, I saw a pic of a probable copper pressure flaker that was found in a mound here in NC. The Mississippian sites here are full of copper ornaments like earspools, earrings,  and stuff. It was apparantly highly valued for things like that, so using copper for tools then would probably be like one of us making a solid gold billet to knap with.

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