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The Archaeological Research of Metin I. Eren

Images of knapped stuff.  I have been knapping for 6 years, having started informally and occasionally my third undergraduate year at Harvard (2003-2004).  Over time, my interests, time investment, and commitment dramatically increased.  However, my knapping improvement plateaued, and therefore during 2007-2009 I apprenticed the flintknapper Bruce Bradley to "get over the hump".  Overall I'm not doing too bad - in some technologies, like ones I've published on (preferential Levallois, certain blade technologies), I am quite good, and my bifacial reduction is steadily improving.  I am also good at big nodule reduction.  I think it is safe to say that my weakest skill at this point is pressure flaking.  I practice 2.5-3 hours a day, everyday.

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 Preferential Levallois on Georgetown Flint.  Knapped May 2009.
 

Bifacial Lanceolate on Greensand Silicate.  Knapped December 2008.

Preferential Levallois core on Georgetown Flint.  Knapped May 2009.

 Tortoise (Preferential) Levallois Core, made on a coarse Green Sand Silicate from the 

Jurassic Coast, U.K., sometime during 2008.

A North American "Archaic Bifacial Knife" (with artistic licence) I made in August 2008.
Since there is no side-view, width to thickness ratio: 6.22.

A variety of lithic technologies I knapped, Lejre, Denmark, July 2008.

A Levallois core and flake I knapped, Lejre, Denmark, July 2008.