On Saturday, April 15, 2023, members of the FCE: Lithics Analysis course traveled to the Glastonbury
Historical Society Museum for a 2-hour hands-on Lithics Laboratory session
Included in the activities were...
1. A hands-on examination of Connecticut and New England regional raw
stone materials used by the Indigenous Peoples to make chipped stone tools.
2. A hands-on assessment of debitage and stone tools applying the concets
presented by Andrefsky and in our classes.
- Photos by Glenda Rose and Tom Ford
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Table of hammerstones, worked flakes and debitage set up to give students a hands-on appreciation of what the different types of stonework actually look like.
Tom Ford answers a question from Paula Morris, while new member Jim Wicks examines some materials.
Left to right: Andrew Salchert and Sandy DiStefano examine the collection of Edson Bourn, while Marianne Stepanik, Jeff Zaino and Jim Wicks inspect the collection of Gary Nolf (yellow shirt).
Left to right: Jim Trocchi, Tom Ford, Nancy Najarian, Paula Morris Gary Nolf, (background) Jim Wicks, John Desjardins (reaching), Jeff Zaino, Lee West, Maryanne Avery, (seated, foreground) Joan Hill.
Left to right: Left to right: Marianne Stepanick, Edson Boumm Glenda Rose, John Desjardins.
Samples from the Material Comparative Collection, left to right: Oregon Obsidian; Green / Gray Normanskill Chert, Greene Co., NY; Munsungun Chert. Piscataquis Co., ME.
Two Bifaces handed about and discussed.