Flintknapping Workshop with Johnny Faulkner , May 13-15 2022
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" I mainly teach aboriginal knapping methods using both hammer stones and antler / bone/ wood billets and pressure flakers, but will also cover modern flint knapping techniques with copper billets and copper/ steel pressure flaking techniques and talk about the differences. I will discuss the mechanics of flint fracture planes and discuss the easier reduction procedures or techniques using your body to make it less work or wear out body joints or get blisters. I highly stress safety for any people taking the workshop and ask that each participant wear safety glasses/ goggles to prevent flint fragments from getting in their eyes. I will discuss the most frequent ways people get injured flint knapping and how to avoid injuries with the process. Band aids are recommended in case of a small cut. " 
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About the instructor - Johnny Faulkner is a Retired Archaeologist with the US Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky (1978 -2009). A specialist in prehistoric archaeology - open air and rockshelter habitation, lithic analysis (chert) and flint knapping - replication in prehistoric Stone Age tool assemblages and projectile points - spear and arrows of Kentucky and surrounding states.
He is the father and prior manager of the long standing Living Archaeology Weekend that still continues annually in the Red River Gorge of Kentucky. He has won National awards for this program that specializes in education to the public and various schools regarding life ways of Kentucky's rich past prehistoric cultures. He cultivated this program, bringing in many professional primitive technologists and professional archaeologists in the Eastern USA to demonstrate a variety of primitive skills - flint knapping, pottery, hide tanning, native medicine, earth cooking, bow/arrow, atlatl/spear, stone exe/celt, fire building and more.
He has taught and demonstrated flint knapping for many years at the Living Archaeology weekend and to various Universities, high schools, bow clubs, festivals and boy and girl scout groups.
Johnny also practices other primitive skills and makes long bows, atlatl/ spears and specializes in making African style djembe drums.
He is the father and prior manager of the long standing Living Archaeology Weekend that still continues annually in the Red River Gorge of Kentucky. He has won National awards for this program that specializes in education to the public and various schools regarding life ways of Kentucky's rich past prehistoric cultures. He cultivated this program, bringing in many professional primitive technologists and professional archaeologists in the Eastern USA to demonstrate a variety of primitive skills - flint knapping, pottery, hide tanning, native medicine, earth cooking, bow/arrow, atlatl/spear, stone exe/celt, fire building and more.
He has taught and demonstrated flint knapping for many years at the Living Archaeology weekend and to various Universities, high schools, bow clubs, festivals and boy and girl scout groups.
Johnny also practices other primitive skills and makes long bows, atlatl/ spears and specializes in making African style djembe drums.