John Lord, Flint Knapper

Synopsis

John Lord, of Little Livermere, Suffolk, has spent more than 20 years perfecting his skills in working flint in the prehistoric manner. He is shown making nine different kinds of prehistoric implements and demonstrating some complete examples including a pebble tool, a handaxe, a long blade core, a burin, an end scraper, a Solutrean spearpoint, a Mesolithic microlith, a Neolithic axehead, and a Neolithic arrowhead.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 48 min.

Year of production

1995

Availability

Sale

Subjects

Archaeology

Keywords

flint tools

Credits

Director

Barbara Farmer

Producer

Euan W MacKie

Writer

Euan W MacKie

Cast

John Lord

Sponsor

Name

University of Glasgow, Hunterian Museum

Distributor

Name

University of Glasgow, Department of Media Services

Phone

0141-330 4611

Fax

0141-330 5674

Address

Southpark House
64 Southpark Avenue
Glasgow
G12 8QQ

Notes

1985 cat still current 1994