Prehistoric Lithic Description and Analysis

Date: September 18-20, 2009
Cost: $50, includes printed course materials
Location: Whitman Educational Center, 4th and Ute Avenue, Grand Junction
Register: (970) 242-0971, ext. 209. Reservations are required. Last day to register is Friday, September 4, 2009.
Instructor: Kevin Black, Assistant Colorado State Archaeologist

The course introduces the technology of stone tool manufacture, identification of tool classes and basic lithic analysis. This kind of material is often the best indication of the presence of an archaeological site. “Stone tools and debris from making stone tools are the most common artifacts found in the Grand Junction area and much of Colorado,” according to Kevin Black, the course instructor.

This course is part of the Program for Avocation Archaeological Certification (PAAC) and is co-sponsored by the Colorado Archaeological Society and the Colorado Historical Society.

Go here for more information on PAAC.