Two unique kits of replicated Old World stone tools are now available from Pictures of Record. These tools are not casts but carefully researched, authentic working implements made from appropriate stone materials. Each tool duplicates an actual artifact. All tools are identified; each kit contains a short text and bibliography. They are ideal for study, for experimental use, and for museum display.
These are working implements, sharp and in some cases heavy. Some are fragile and can be broken if they are dropped on a hard surface. All should be handled with care -- but they are meant to be handled.

Kit 1 - Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Artifacts:

  • Pebble Tool -- Africa
  • Abbevillian Handaxe -- Europe
  • Acheulean Handaxe -- Europe
  • Chopper -- Africa
  • Levallois Core and Flake -- Africa
  • Mousterian Side Scraper -- Europe
  • Mousterian Backed Knife -- Europe

Kit 2 - Upper Palaeolithic-Epipalaeolithic Artifacts:

  • Direct Freehand Percussion Blade
  • Nearly Exhausted Percussion Blade Core
  • Asymmetrical Left Dihedral Burin
  • Multiple Burins on Truncations (one artifact)
  • Scraper on Blade
  • Gravette Point on Blade
  • Shouldered Point on Blade
  • Perforator on Blade
  • Pressure Microblade Core and Blades (seven artifacts)
  • Backed Microliths (five artifacts)


Each kit is $320, plus $10 shipping per kit.

 

Using Stone Tools of the Palaeolithic
This slide set illustrates the probable use of the replicated stone tools offered in this catalog. Common in the Palaeolithic period, these tools are shown in actual woodworking, butchering, hide preparation, and plant utilization. By Frank F. Schambach.
43 slides -- $90

 
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On Video...

Making a Living in Maine: 2,000 B.C.
From about 4500 to 4000 years ago, a group of Red Paint people (named for the red ocher found in their graves) lived on the northeast coast of the United States, in Maine. Called the people of the Moorehead Phase, they hunted swordfish, buried their dead with valuable imported grave goods and elaborate ritual, and were masters in woodworking and watercraft.

Dr. Bruce Bourque of the Maine State Museum and Bates College uses objects excavated from Moorehead Phase cemeteries and village sites to illustrate what has been learned about these vanished people. With examples from other, vastly different cultures, as well as brief demonstrations of stoneworking techniques, this tape illuminates not only the lives of one ancient coastal people, but also the lives of many other people in many parts of the world through time. A Pictures of Record Production.

Length: 26:28 VHS        $68
(also available in PAL format. Please inquire.)
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