Operating chains

Operating Chains

Neolithic knives DVD

Prehistory mythical flint knives secrets unveiled.

Learn how to recreate exact replicas of Chalcolithic knives and Charavines knives with Bernard Ginelli

26 €

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Flint arrow point, available at 20 €. A Bernard Ginelli creation, the Prehistoric flint knife maker

Ref: PT11-003
Flint arrow point

3,9 cm

20 €

Also check 79 other creations
starting at 18 €

Section pages:

» FLINTKNAPPING

THEMES OF THE PAGE:

» Flintknapping [30 pages]

» Operating chain [2 pages]

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An operating chain (in french "chaine operatoire"), is as stated by André Leroi-Gourhan, the succession of steps allowing to bring to light all the sequences of manufacturing of an archaeological object. In other words, what to do and what techniques to use in order to make a specific tool.

This succession of technical gestures derives from the experiment, which can, or not be supported by the study of the same object at various stages of its manufacturing.

Operating chains presented here have no scientific claim. They only aim at making an objet with the same tools as the men before us and the the techniques which, when not archaeologically proven, seem the most appropriate to us. And since Cayoo, the webmaster is the exact opposite of an archaeologist, this is especially true for his demos.

Flint tools

MOUSTERIAN BIFACE

From raw flint block to the finished tool in more than 80 commented pictures.

The operating chain of the mousterian biface is also available on DVD and as a free online video.

Made by: Bernard GINELLI

• Available on DVD...

• Online video

CHALCOLITHIC KNIFE

Chaine opératoire du couteau chalcolithique

58 pictures detailling each phase of the creation of a chalcolithic knife, the way Bernard Ginelli, a world-class specialist has been making them for 20 years.
A special DVD is dedicated to this specific knive (and to Charavines knives too).

Made by: Bernard Ginelli

• Available on DVD...

• On line videos

Bone and antler tools

MAGDALENIAN EYED NEEDLE (REINDEER)

A reindeer antler, a couple of burins, drillers, sandstones... and a few hours, all summed in 27 pictures.

Made by: Cayoo

• On line videos

AZILIAN HARPOON (REINDEER)

7 hours of effort to make this very first reindeer azilian harpoon. See the 57 pictures detailling each step of the process.

Made by: Cayoo

• On line videos

Others

BUFFALO SKIN GLUE... WITH CHEWING BONES

How to make skin glue from dog chewing-bones, in 14 pictures.

Made by: Cayoo