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Clovis and Folsom
stickbender:
Xin, I like your style......Apparently you too are a silver toungued devil......
Wayne
JackCrafty:
Uh....I still don't get the whole extended, isolated, and firm thing. Me needs a picture (or two). >:D
xin:
Crafty, I regret to inform you that I am unable at this time to furnish any pictures. I don't have a digital camera and am terribly technologically challenged. In the interest of harmony and the furtherance of brotherhood among knappers I will attempt to paint one more word picture. Fluting is knocking off a couple of easy pieces ,not taking the whole enchilada. To have a successful fluting , it is usually necessary to isolate the piece you want to knock off. Sometimes the piece doesn't want to cooperate so the successful fluter is rewarded by diligence. Once the piece has been isolated induration of the nipple is essential. Checking is tactile and must be performed with persistence and commitment . Now that the piece has been isolated and hardness of the nipple has been assured the fluting can begin. It is recommended that the fluting commence with slow steady pressue and end in a forceful climax. Using these techniques, well tested by time, the knapper can be assured of knocking off a couple of easy pieces. That is all I've got to say about this subject.
JackCrafty:
I think I see it now.....
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uwe:
Thanks for the nippeldiscussion and even for the youtubes. I watched a lot and saved it for the first time under "Favourites" on the PC.
Seems to be a hard job. When I see the apparatures the idea grows, if the Paleoindians did use similar things like the compound jigs.
Now 10000 years later its a lot of speculation what was or what had been possible. Are there any finds of I call it "How to`s"?
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