MEGALITHICS

 

This is the web site 
for flintknapper
 Larry Kinsella

(last up-dated 28/June/2010)

 There are over 3,600 photos on this site, so feel free to browse.

New flintknapping class!! Sunday, October 10th, 2010, from noon to 4 PM. Larry will furnish tools, flint, safety equipment, and instruction. Students should wear long pants. No students under 14 years of age. To reserve a spot, call the Cahokia Mounds Museum and ask to be placed on the roster for the Oct. 10th knapping class. Fee: $30.00 per person, payable to Larry immediately before the class. The # is (618) 346-5160

Larry received the Society for American Archaeology's Crabtree Award, on April 16th

Larry, getting the Don Crabtree award.

Devil's Hole Knap-in, June 4th, 5th, and 6th, 2010

Devil's Hole 2010   NEW 

Turkey-N-Greece   NEW  Pictures of the Kinsellas, on their recent Turkey/Greece, tour.

Mastodon Clovises Assorted Clovises, in different stages of manufacture, for Mastodon  NEW

Crisp Museum video on U-tube   Larry's class at Macktown, June, '09

Devil's Hole up-dated 9/June/'09 over 450 pics of old Devil's Hole Knap-ins.

Larry's Pit House  NEW A blow by blow account of Larry's reconstruction of a pit house from the Assembly of God Church site(11-S-926).

Flintknapping: Romancing the Cone NEW This article appears in the Spring 2009 edition of the Cahokian.

The Atlatl World Open  NEW  1982-'83-'85-'86  (up-dated 28/April/09)

(Photo Ray Fraser, ) NEW Larry's shark's tooth club, currently on display, at the Gilcrease Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

 Missouri's Archaeology Month Poster for 2008 

Larry made as many tools and points as he could from a single 14 lb. nodule of Crescent Quarry Burlington. The link is to Pete Bostrom's site with larger photo resolution and better photography. The poster was used for the back cover of the Spring 2009 edition of the Bulletin of Primitive Technology No. 37. There's also a short article, about the project, on page 80.

Suburban Journal Article Check out this article about Stories-N-Stones

Larry's Programs  Classes, programs/schedule for 2009 NEW    Up-dated (10/Mar./'09)

NEW  Bulletin of Primitive Technology

  Yes, that's the axe Larry made for Dave Wescott, on the 20th anniversary of Rabbit Stick, and it's on the cover of the Fall, 2007 issue, # 34.

 Flintknapping, Art of the Ancients, 2008 Calendar.  

   2008 calendar Yep, those are two of Larry's points on the January, 2008 page.

NEW  2009 calendar Larry's raw hornstone Clovis is on the left, on the April page. http://www.mcleandesign.com/knapping.php

  Larry won the 2008 Gregory Perino Memorial Award, at the Collinsville Artifact Show. It was given by the Illinois State Archaeological Society for the best presentation on experimental archaeology.

NEW   The Cahokia Pit House Project   Some photos of the project. (added 19/Dec./'08)

NEW   Cahokia Stockade   Information on the reconstruction of the stockade around the Callahan Pit House and the single post structure at the old Cahokia Mounds Museum, Circa 1983. (New photos added Dec. '08)

NEW   How to Make a Stone Axe/celt  Instructions for making axes and/or celts.

Our Egypt Trip    Pictures of our trip to Egypt in January, 2007.

GREGORY PERINO memories of Greg

LETTERS FROM GREG (Letters from Greg)

(some of)   Ray's Letters

JOHN WHITE  NEW  John's classes at Cahokia Mounds

Woodhenge NEW   photos of Cahokia's Woodhenge (Up-dated Dec./'08)

The Cahokia Archaeological Society  NEW pics of the 2009 bus tour (up-dated 30/Mar./09)

HEAT-TREATING Pictures and explanations of Larry's various flint heat-treating projects. 

Tammy Beane, potter  View some of her incredible work.

AXE ME NO QUESTIONS (Up-dated Dec/'08) Axes, Larry has made and used

To See Larry's article, "What Mystery? an answer to creased celts", go to: "AXE ME NO QUESTIONS" PAGE 2  That article was picked as one of the best for the last 25 years and was published in the 50th anniversary edition of the Central States Archaeological Journal.

RABBIT STICK  and Wintercount   NEW  Some pics of the Rabbit Stick/ Wintercount Rendesvous (up-dated 26/Feb./'09)

ATLASTATLATL  Larry's work with atlatls (up-dated 29/Feb./'08)

LARRY'S KNAPPING  Some of Larry's knapped points and stuff

MICRO-DRILL HEAVEN  Micro-drills from the Cahokia area                      

HOE, HOE, HOE  Some of Larry's hoes and spades            

Banner Bash   Bannerstones, Larry's made

BLOOPERS   Larry's stupid stuff

SHARK'S TOOTH CLUBS  Up-dated with better photos and assembly (16/Mar./'08)

SPUDS  Battle axes?

The Kinsella Cabin  The log cabin where Larry was raised

marilynkinsella.org  Larry's wife, Marilyn's storytelling site.

Morels  Yummm  

FLOWERS AND BIRDS  Photography  

 

Ol Goats and Geezers     NEW Larry's memorial page, for his mentors

Larry's Links  Sites, we like

If it's flintnapper, flintknappers, flint napper, or flint knapper, this site's for you!

Contact LARRY        megalithics@hotmail.com