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In these videos, Bernard Ginelli (the professionnal) or Cayoo (the amateur) make flint or bone tools and try to recreate artefacts in the same way and with the same techniques as our ancestors.
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Making flint blade knives
16 videos, 3 new
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Blade:
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Handle:
[1 videos]
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Gluing:
[3 videos]
Atlat & neolithic bow shooting
6 videos, no new
Miscellaneous activities
4 videos, no new
Videos about: bone work (harpoons category)
AZILIAN HARPOON: BREAKING & WORKING ANTLERS
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To make a harpoon we need to break a section of antler in order to detach a slab from it and shape it. First I saw the antler before breaking it with a big hammerstone, then scrape the sides to cut a slab from it, with a dihedral burin. Later on I'll split the antler by inserting a thick flint blade and by hammering on it (not the easiest part !) I should have used deer antlers instead of reindeer antlers for this ex[...] |
| Duration: 03:19 Displays: 1776 |
AZILIAN HARPOON: SAWING AND SANDING ANTLERS
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In order to get an oval shape, I saw the extremities of the slab. The saw is obtained by making serrations on a flint blade (it works GREAT !). I've chosen a cortical blade so as not to cut myself. Then I grind the slab on a wet sandstone... I should have used deer antlers instead of reindeer antlers for this experimentation because there weren't any reindeers in south of France during the azilian. |
| Duration: 03:01 Displays: 1547 |
AZILIAN HARPOON: CUTTING AND SHAPING THE BARBS
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The outline of the harpoon is now correct, so I trace the barbs with a pen, then cut them with a flint saw, on each face. Later on I'll scrape the cuts with a dihedral burin. In order to get a perfect sharpness of the barbs, I'll scrape them with a small burin. The final step will be the drilling of an oval hole, near the base of the harpoon. The full operating chain of this harpoon can be seen in the TECHNIQUES sect[...] |
| Duration: 04:04 Displays: 1750 |