Stewart argues that decisions about which sources of flint to use and how and when to go about obtaining it were embedded in a history of native beliefs and practices, some of which archaeologists ...

This is a pristine flint blade made from chert of the Upper Chalk of the North Downs. I found this flint knife while running in a race. It was exposed by rain. I stopped to pick it up. It has the ...

Even though West Tyson Park is probably one of St. Louis County's least known parks, out of more than 60 parks, it has quite a history behind ... of its deposits of chert (flint).

A flint flake from the Middle Paleolithic of Crimea was likely engraved symbolically by a skilled Neanderthal hand, according to a new study. A flint flake from the Middle Paleolithic of Crimea ...

This story was originally published on OFFGRID. Words by Patrick McCarthy. With the aid of modern tools, starting a fire may seem like an easy task. Just whip out a trusty lighter and a few scraps ...

While obsidian tools are generally rarer at archaeological sites than tools made of flint or chert, large amounts ... and trace them to their volcano of origin. Allan's team was able to analyze ...

However, these analyses were performed on mechanically separated and microtomed chert pieces ... L. Biogenic origin for Earth’s oldest putative microfossils. Geology 37, 631–634 (2009).