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Flint Tools Field Guide

Identifying Stone Age Tools

Robert Turner, August 2024, The History Press, 128 pages

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Tells you about 57 different types of stone age flint tools - and how to spot if a flint has been shaped by a human. Includes handy diagrams and photos.

Short, to the point, and practical! I found this book a great way to add another layer of interest to a walk in the countryside.

★★★☆☆

Review by Anthony Webb, 6 September 2024

Light. Dark. Light. Dark.

Dry. Wet. Cold.

Dry. Warm.

Time passes. I lie on my back looking up. The sky. Clouds pass. An ant scuttles over me.

A foot passes by. A bicycle tyre swishes past.

Time passes.

Then.

A hand reaches down. Fingers lever me up. Brush my surface. A finger tip runs along my sharp edge, testing.

An eyeball looms. Squints.

Tumbling into darkness. Enclosed. Bumping up and down, m--o-v--e-m-e--n-t.

Light again. Placed next to a book. The Flint Tools Field Guide. Fingers pointing. To me. To the book. To me. To the book. Voices vibrate the air.

Eyeball again. Peering. Appraising. Frowning.

Four heads above me, looking down at me, turning from side to side.

No.

Fingers pick me up again. I tumble through the air. Thud onto the dirt.

Just an ordinary flint. My shape is my own.

Rejected, I am free.

Light.

Dark.

Time passes.

🪨


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Book details

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  • Title -

    Flint Tools Field Guide : Identifying Stone Age Tools

  • Author -

    Robert Turner

  • Publication date -

    August 2024

  • Publisher -

    The History Press

  • Pages -

    128

  • ISBN 13 -

    9781803997117

  • Amazon UK -

    Amazon UK book link

  • Amazon US -

    Amazon US book link


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