The past came alive Saturday afternoon at Napa Valley Museum in Yountville with an ancient arrow-making technique that was essential to the survival of Native American tribes throughout the country.

It doesn't matter where Bo Earls is. He could be on his honeymoon, at the park with his two children or sitting in his man cave of a garage. He finds his therapy in the intricate process of flint ...

Stone arrowheads, produced through a process known as knapping, are a major focus of events like the Bald Eagle Knap-In Primitive Arts Festival held annually by the Susquehanna Valley Flint Knappers ...

Sep. 24—TRAVERSE CITY — To the untrained eye, the edges of arrowheads may seem similar, but at a closer look, there's a deeper story of how they were made, said Steve Feringa. The deliberate removal ...

A long-time arrowhead collector, Kila's Tom Blais has been learning how to make the stone tools himself for nearly 30 years. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake) Kila's Tom Blais uses traditional stone and ...

Jim Fisher of Grand Island, N.Y., demonstrates the launch of an atlatl during the Bald Eagle Knap-in at Camp Anderson north of Tyrone on Friday. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski TYRONE — Anyone who ...

The original piece of Flint Ridge flint that Rickerson used to create an arrowhead. P-J photo by Stacey Gross WARREN, Pa. — “It’s a puzzle,” said Ryan Rickerson, a local flint knapper and Panama ...

NOEL, Mo. -- Seated on a low bench, Jim Spears used a piece of deer horn to whittle down a heavy chunk of Missouri flint. For an hour, he tapped, whacked and smoothed the hard rock until it was ...

COSHOCTON − People attending the Coshocton Flint Festival and Knap-In said they come in for two main reasons — friends and flint. The event going for more than 40 years was held at the Coshocton ...

DICKINSON (AP) - Joe Hicks' appreciation of ancient crafts may be traced back to his childhood. He enjoyed playing with bows and arrows as a child and started bow hunting as an adult. "I was hunting ...

TO fashion a flint implement both knowledge of the tricks of the trade and skill in execution are required. Watching the flint knappers at Brandon can teach the student many a 'wrinkle', but any ...