Childrens Flintknapping Workshop
Mon 01 Aug
|Creswell Crags Museum
Discover the art of the oldest craft in the world: Flintknapping. How did prehistoric people make tools to survive the Stone Age?
Time & Location
01 Aug 2022, 10:00 – 15:30 BST
Creswell Crags Museum, Crags Rd, Creswell, Worksop S80 3LH, UK
About
PLEASE NOTE THIS LISTING IS FOR A HALF DAY WORKSHOP FOR 8 - 14 YEAR OLDS. THE FULL DAY WORKSHOP FOR THOSE AGED 15 AND ABOVE IS LISTED SEPERATELY AND TAKES PLACE ON TUESDAY 2ND AUGUST
Discover the art of the oldest craft in the world: Flintknapping. How did our earliest ancestors make tools to survive the Stone Age?
Find out with experimental archaeologist James Dilley who will guide you through the process of making your flint tools to take home at the end. The oldest flint tools found in Britain date to around 1 million years ago, the latest around 3000 years ago so you will have the chance to try your hand at a process used for 99.7% of human presence in Britain!
The aim of the workshop will be for attendees to have fun, go home with a stone tool they have made, learn new flintknapping skills…