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Nicholas Gala

Metin Eren, Ph.D., associate professor and director of archeology at Kent State University, demonstrates flintknapping.

Despite the Dangers, Early Humans Risked Life-Threatening Flintknapping Injuries

For most, the craft known as flintknapping is a skilled hobby or art form that was thought to occasionally require bandages or stitches. However, new research suggests flintknapping is far more dangerous than previously understood.

Tags: Research & Science, Nationally Distinctive, Nicholas Gala, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, Metin Eren, Michelle Bebber, Experimental Archaeology

College of Arts & Sciences

Grace Conrad made projectile points out of cow femur bones, similar to the Clovis technology.

Five Kent State Experimental Archaeology Graduates Earn Full-Rides to Grad Schools

Tags: Department of Anthropology, Metin Eren, Michelle Bebber, Anna Mika, Ashley Rutkoski, Daniel Wilcox, Grace Conrad, Nicholas Gala, Experimental Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences, Research & Science, Student Success, Division of Graduate Studies

College of Arts & Sciences


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