Archaeology Program: How were stone tools made?

Have you ever wondered how stone tools are made? Join for a interactive discussion and demonstration how stone tools were made and what we can learn from them!

OSA Research Archaeologist, Veronica Mraz will be at the Bur Oak Visitors Center on May 28th at 7 p.m. for this program. RSVP to save your seat!

About the Program: 

Part 1: Besides the Point: Going beyond a point name and how archaeologists examine stone tools.

Veronica will discuss how archaeologist's approach stone tools and how we focus on so much more than just “what type of point is this”. For many archeologists, figuring out the point name is very exciting, but the point name is really only the beginning to examining stone tools. There is so much more we can learn from the tools and the by-products from knapping than just that.

Part 2: Short Flintknapping Demonstration.

For those who have never seen how stone tools were created. Veronica will demonstrate the basic principles of creating a stone tool.

About the Presenter:

Veronica Mraz is an OSA Research Archaeologist. Her graduate work first examined changes in mobility patterns across the Southern Plains between the Plains Woodland and Plains Village periods. Then she studied the effects of heat treatment on chert and devised a suite of quantitative macroscopic methods to improve the accuracy in identifying heat-treated materials. Veronica has worked in Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. She has published in Nature Scientific Reports, Journal of Archaeological Science, and American Antiquity. When not doing archaeology, she loves hanging out with her adorable dog, River.

Veronica's presentation is a part of a week long Archaeology Field School being held at Whiterock Conservancy the week of May 23.

Public programs include educational presentations such as Veronica's and a public Archaeology Dig at Whiterock on May 27.

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