Mother nature knappned the first stone tools for us !

[2011-07-24]
In some places, some kind of sandstone / quartzite naturally decays forming splendid flakes. Those could have been the inspirational source for the use of stone tools since the beginning of time. Every creature with hands (human or non-human) would want to use those ready made tools provided by mother nature :-)




Anybody knows the name of this stone ?

[[I was crossing through a wildlife reserve to reach the spot where I had once found numerous stone flakes (sadly, no stone tool). But I suddenly saw 5 deers and I started following them (walking, running...). 20 minutes later, I stumbled over a log, fell, rolled. And my camcorder said unexpectedly "memory full"... I had to rely on a smartphone with a short battery life.]]

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• silicified
• sandstone
• quartzite
• grès
• lustré
• siliceux
• quartzeux

[touchnova]

Nice chase on those elk, damn son! Thought you might bust out an atlatl and take one down!! :) Cool quartzite , there's a quarry near my house that Natives have used for thousands of years....hard, durable material. Thanks for postin' up!

[freejutube]

@touchnova

thanks (posting is my pleasure)

does the quartzite in the quarry near your house also splits into flakes by itslef (without human intervention) ?

[freejutube]

@touchnova

great !

[touchnova]

@freejutube By the way...I called them 'elk'...but what are those critters? Look more to be large deer of some kind. Thanks!

[freejutube]

@touchnova

yes, these are red deers ("cervus elaphus") i think ;

you can see them a bit better in the video "5 bucks - pursuit ..."

[jmg1957]

nice

[freejutube]

@jmg1957

Thanks !

[touchnova]

@freejutube To some degree, but there was A LOT of human activity at the local quarry for many, many generations, so it's not as common as the knapped/worked material. I'll send you a vid I made last year so you can take a look. :)

[IHatchetJack]

@freejutube Thank you for making videos!

[freejutube]

@IHatchetJack

Thank you !

[IHatchetJack]

Looks like some sort of Quartzite, endless varieties are out there though. Very cool!