SOC 344 - Introduction to Flint Knapping II

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Rocky Mountain College

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Description:

Summer semester. 3 semester hours. Students manufacture a variety of stone tools to learn about the evolution of prehistoric technology. Obsidian, flint, and bottle glass are worked with stone, antler, bone, and wood to fashion arrowheads, spear points, knives, and scrapers. Requirements for ART345 are the same as for ART245 with the addition of either 1) a 10- page research paper on prehistoric paleolithic tool manufacturing, or 2) the manufacture of punch struck blade (upper paleolithic) tools. Normally offered May term. Non-refundable materials fee required. Preference is given to majors and minors. This course may be taken either at the lower-division level or at the upper-division level, but not both.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

rocky.edu

Phone Number:

(406) 657-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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