Photography walk this morning, looking for butterflies. Along the edges of the forest roads raspberries are ripening. Food! First there were the fresh bear prints. Then he high-tailed it. Good bear!
Abrading edges during #flintknapping, either by percussion or pressure flaking, helps prevent what we call a crushed platform, thus aiding in the generation of longer flakes & less step-fractures. These 3 images show dulling & rounding of chert edges abraded with the abrading stone. #archaeology