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whittaker pages 1/21/04 1:58 PM Page i American Flintknappers THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK whittaker pages 1/21/04 1:58 PM Page iii american flintknappers Stone Age Art in the Age of Computers John C. Whittaker University of Texas Press Austin whittaker pages 1/21/04 1:58 PM Page iv Copyright © by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to Permissions, University of Texas Press, Box , Austin, TX -. The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of / .-() (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Whittaker, John C. John Charles), – American flintknappers : Stone Age art in the age of computers / John C. Whittaker p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. --- (hardcover : alk. paper) — ---(pbk. : alk. paper) . Flintknapping. .Stone implements. I. Title. . .—dc whittaker pages 1/21/04 1:58 PM Page v Dedication My wife Kathy Kamp has put up with my knapping habits for years, listened to my knap-in stories, discussed my analysis, saved me from malevolent computers, and been my most understand- ing and forthrightly critical reader and colleague. Our daughter April wears “the pretty ones” and pays a parent the supreme compliment of occasionally telling her friends he’s “cool.” You are both my inspiration always. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK whittaker pages 1/21/04 1:58 PM Page vii Contents Acknowledgments xi 1. Introduction:Coming to the Knap-in 1 The Knap-in Ethos Sources of Information The Knap-in at Fort Osage 2. Making Stone Tools:The World’s Oldest Craft 17 The Processes of Flintknapping Tools and the Knappers’ Ethos 3. From Fakes and Experiments to Knap-ins: The Roots of Modern Flintknapping 34 Charlie Shewey Early Archaeologists and Fakers Native Knappers Mack Tussinger and the Oklahoma Eccentrics Daniel, Howe, and Others McCormick the Folsom Fluter Bryon Rinehart and Grey Ghosts Richard Warren—Scale Work and Lap Knapping Patterns in the Early Modern Knappers Halvor Skavlem and the Hobby Knapper Archaeology and Replication whittaker pages 1/21/04 1:58 PM Page viii Knapping Newsletters The First Knap-ins Waldorf and The Art of Flintknapping Transition to the Current Scene The Current Scene 4.The Knap-in:People and Organization 72 Bob Hunt, Organizer at Fort Osage George Eklund, Commercial Knapper Jim Regan, Copper Toolsmith Gene Stapleton, Dealing in Stone Percy Atkinson: Gourds, Axes, and Philosophy D. C. and Val Waldorf, Knap-in Professionals Ingrid Jones, Knapper Spouse Knapper Demography A Continent of Knap-ins Mid-West Flintknappers’ Convention, June Pine City Knap-in Evergreen Lake Knap-in, July Genesee Valley Flint Knappers Association Knap-in, August Flint Ridge Knap-in, August Knap-in Generalities 5.Knappers at the Knap-in 112 Culture and Community of Practice Performance Learning to Knap Learning the Ethos Politics, Gender, and Ethnicity Expressions of Identity The Chipping Keeps You Going: Why Knappers Knap 6.Status and Stones 147 The Knap-in as Egalitarian Event Ooga-Booga, a Ritual of Inclusion Status and Competition in Knapping Talking with Stone: Ritual Exchanges and the Expression of Status — viii— A F whittaker pages 1/21/04 1:58 PM Page ix 7.Art,Craft,or Reproduction:Knapper Esthetics 169 Stone Tools as Art and Folk Art Two Knappers, Two Attitudes The Ideal Point: Common Esthetic Rules The Rules in Action: Knapping Contests Imitation as Esthetic Goal Point Types and Artistic Choices Replicas and the Art of Knapping 8.Can’t Never Have Too Much Flint: The Lore of Stone 203 The Mystique of Stone The Qualities of Stone The Quest for Stone Decreasing Resources 9.Modern Stone Age Economics 227 Frank Stevens, Knap-in Entrepreneur A Trip to Quartzite Market Knapping Art Knapping Dale Cannon and Stone Knives 10.Knappers,Collectors,Archaeologists: Ethics and Conflicts 249 Replicas, Fakes, and Art Fakes, Replicas, and Ethics Murmurings at the Knap-in Woody’s Dreams and Knappers’ Nightmares Fakes and Archaeology Counting Knappers and Points Markets, Again The World of Collecting Authentication Archaeological Impacts of Modern Knapping: Collections The Creation and Destruction of Sites Epilogue: Sin and Society Contents — ix—
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