Fall 2021  |  ANTH 5008 Section 001: Advanced Flintknapping (34950)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Enrollment Requirements:
Exclude fr or soph 5000 level courses
Meets With:
ANTH 3008 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021
Wed 02:00PM - 04:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 318
Enrollment Status:
Open (1 of 5 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Hands-on training in techniques of advanced stone tool production, artifact reproduction, and lithic experimental design for academic/artistic purposes. prereq: [3008 or 5269] or instr consent
Class Notes:
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Class Description:
This course gives students hands-on training in how to use prehistoric techniques to make stone tools, such as the earliest chopper cutting edges to the million year old hand axe, to recent arrowheads that are sharper than surgical steel. If you want to learn to live like a Neanderthal (or an archaeologist) and survive the coming collapse of our global fossil fuel based economy, this is the course for you. Little reading is required (we use abundant how-to videos) but abundant patience is needed to learn a body technique skill that will stay with you for your lifetime. As the vast majority of human existence has been spent using stone tools as the primary medium for the interaction between humans and the environment, understanding the causes of change in stone tool variation through time is fundamental to understanding the human past. The rediscovery of the techniques used to create past stone tool traditions is thus instrumental to the study of archaeology. This course provides students with hands-on experience in the replication of prehistoric stone tool technology that furnishes the basis for contemporary approaches to lithic analysis in prehistoric archaeology (in fact, this course is designed to complement Anth5269 Analysis of Stone Tool Technology). In addition, flintknapping is an art form in itself, pursued by both archaeologists and non-academic flintknappers. The learning objectives of this course include 1) a practical ability to manufacture stone tools (flintknapping) using aboriginal tools and techniques from the most ancient to most recent times, 2) an introductory knowledge of known prehistoric lithic variability, and 3) experience with several raw materials used for flintknapping. The one-on-one training in flintknapping provided in this course gives students the ability to improve their flintknapping skills on their own time or to engage in more detailed study through enrolling in the follow-up course, Anth5008 Advanced Flintknapping. This course is thus designed to be of use to professional archaeologists, amateur flintknappers, and the general public.
Who Should Take This Class?:
This class is designed for anthropologists, archaeologists, artists, and anyone interested in learning and working with their hands
Grading:
60% Special Projects
40% Class Participation Other Grading Information: The Special Projects include the production of 6 finished flintknapped artifacts to be submitted at the end of the course for 60% of the course grade.
Class Format:
20% Lecture
80% Laboratory
Workload:
40 Pages Reading Per Week
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34950/1219
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
11 October 2017

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