Test Your Skill

[JackCrafty]

Here's a link to an interesting article about Early Bronze Age arrowheads (2150-1700 BC) found in graves in Brittany, France.  I think I'll try some of these someday.  It's now on my bucket list.   

These show evidence of being made with copper pressure flakers, so rest easy.  Or, you can try with abo... heheh

http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1126/1632

[cowboy]

Awe them look like gravy Patrick . I'll see if I can get one chipped out here in the next ten or fifteen years .

[JackCrafty]

Sweet!  We can sit in our rocking chairs and knap...

[TRACY]

I've already got the third from the left mastered I make plenty of broken points

Impressive notching but Im not real sure of the advantages of the style.


Tracy

[bowmo]

Man o man those are awesome! Makes ya wonder why a shape that risky to make was worth it to them.

[JackCrafty]

Key words:  "found in graves".  Probably gifts/offerings.  There were various types, though.  Some look more utilitarian than others.  Most of them imitate designs that already existed in bronze.