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Mike says he developed the rocker-punch technique partly from a fluting method used by Bob Patten that also involves indirect percussion flaking. |
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He uses different sizes of punches made of antler and for large flake removals a stone can also be used for a punch. |
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The antler punch is laid on a cushion of leather in a way that it can pivot where it's held steady by the heel of the foot. When the antler is struck with a hammer stone a percussion flake is driven off at the point of impact on the biface or core. |
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"REFERENCES"
1973,
"Archaeology by Experiment, by John Coles, p.15. |
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