[SunkenCiv]

Thanks TXnMA, great post. Nice to have a knapper weigh in. And no one takes a knap like a knapper...

[TXnMA]

"Nice to have a knapper weigh in. And no one takes a knap like a knapper..."

At 82+ -- with diabetic retinopathy -- I am now a better "napper" than I am a Knapper. (Fact: I just got up from my Siesta"...   '-}

But -- my knowledge in my specialty scientific field of lithic technology keeps on growing...

livius, here's one of my handouts (I found on my server) on the subject of "lithic reduction processes" -- that I use when I lecture on and demonstrate the principles of lithics work and analysis:

If I locate the handout specifically on "Soft Hammer Reduction & Thinning", I'll pass it on to you...

Thanks for posting the article! (Who thought to look 9,000 feet up!?!)

FRegards,
TXnMA