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The Basics Of Biface Knapping
In The Eastern Fluted Point Tradition
A Manual For Flintknappers And Lithic Analysts, 4th Edition
Written and illustrated by Errett Callahan, PhD, MFA

      Errett Callahan is a traditionalist flintknapper, preferring the authentic tools, materials, and techniques that native peoples used. Callahan wrote this manuscript under a different title in 1977 as his Master's thesis in Anthropology at Catholic University of America. Two years later it was edited again and published with the new title The Basics Of Biface Knapping In The Eastern Fluted Point Tradition as an article in Archaeology of Eastern North America. That issue was sold out and reprinted and sold out again, before Callahan self-published the manuscript under his own publishing company, Piltdown Productions. As a thesis paper, it is somewhat dry and technical to read, but very thorough and well illustrated. Callahan has continued to edit and refine the text with subsequent reprints. The third and fourth editions are virtually identical, except for the cover art and a few minor corrections. 4th Edition. 2000. 180 pages. Cost: $18.00

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Flintknapping Flash Cards
Pressure Flaking of Flakes
written and illustrated by Errett Callahan, PhD, MFA

      Errett Callahan's Flintknapping Flash Cards illustrate and describe the pressure-flaking process in a few simple steps. These cards are helpful to quickly understand the process of working a stone flake into a serviceable arrowhead. Percussion work (reducing bigger pieces) is not covered in the cards. Each card has pictures on one side and a description on the other. 1985. 20 cards. Cost: $6.50

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Primitive Technology
Practical Guidelines For Making Stone Tools, Pottery, Basketry, Etc. The Aboriginal Way
Written and illustrated by Errett Callahan, PhD, MFA

     Primitive Technology: Practical Guidelines For Making Stone Tools, Pottery, Basketry, Etc. The Aboriginal Way includes eighteen fully illustrated "wall charts" about how to make stone tools, aboriginal pottery and basketry, plus axes, celts halfting, projectiles, bowmaking (shown here), firemaking and shelters. Callahan produced the wall charts for teaching projects in "living archaeology" over the years, then reproduced them in booklet form on copy paper with a plastic comb binding. There is a lot of information packed into this little booklet! Revised 5th Edition. 2006. 25 Pages. Cost: $10.00

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Roving Handbook
An Alternative to Hunting
Edited by Errett Callahan, PhD, MFA

Roving is "the practice of wandering over hill and dale and shooting with bow and arrow at whatever impromptu target catches your eye" writes Errett Callahan in his Roving Handbook. Roving is a means of practicing and refining archery techniques, but it is also an end in itself--kind of a Zen form of hunting. The Roving Handbook includes articles by Errett Callahan, most of which were previously published in Instinctive Archer and/or Primitive Archer magazines. Other sections were contributed by Jack Jeffers and Normal Bean. Wire-bound. 1999. 128 pages. Cost: $18.00

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