For further information, you could do a lot worse than these...

Books (please note that I have no idea whether they are in print or not)

  • "The Nature and Subsequent Uses of Flint: the basics of lithic technology", by John Lord.  An excellent introduction by a fine knapper.
  • "The Joy of Flint", by C Waddington.  Another good introduction.
  • "Tools of the Old and New Stone Age", by Jacques Bordaz.  Some helpful diagrams.  Despite the title, there is not much on the Neolithic period.
  • "Flintknapping", by John Whittaker.  A very detailed "how to" book, but as John is American almost all of the photos and illustrations focus on their artefact types - very few British.
  • A Stone-workers Progress".  A study of the implements in the Pitt Rivers museum.
  • "Ancient Stone Implements of Great Britain", by John Evans.  This one is definitely out of print - its second edition was produced in 1897.  It is a lovely antiquarian book, with hundreds of beautiful woodcut illustrations of flint implements.  Expect to pay well over £50 for a good quality copy.
  • "Prehistoric Flintwork", by Chris Butler.  Detailed descriptions of all of the main categories of British flint implements, written by one of the most skilled flint-diagnosticians in the UK.  Yours truly made all of the modern replicas shown in the book (see the "Gallery" for a better photo of the dagger on the cover) and it includes a photo of me knapping - wise man that he is, Chris decided to show my hands rather than my face.

 

                                           

 

 

 

 

 

Museums (they all had good collections of flint implements on display when I last visited them, but I suggest you phone them to check whether they still do if you are coming from miles away)

  • British Museum
  • Museum of London
  • National Museum of Ireland (Dublin)
  • National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh)
  • Ashmolean Museum (Oxford)
  • Pitt Rivers Museum (Oxford)
  • Exeter
  • Devizes
  • Avebury
  • Salisbury
  • Hove
  • Lewes
  • Hull