Sentences with phrase «of flint»

Inspired by a piece of flint in Moore's studio, the maquette is scaled up to over three metres high with the outward points creating a dynamic energy.

My training will be in identifying these secondary types of sources, based on the way the outer surface of flint cobbles changes during the process of first formation, erosion and later exposure at archaeological sites.

Exotic axes of green stones and other objects made of flint and obsidian were also used as grave goods.

Although there are few primary sources of flint in the Massif Central (i.e. outcrops of rock containing flint), there are many different secondary sources.

Dr Wenban - Smith comments: «Although there is no direct evidence of how this particular animal met its end, the discovery of flint tools close to the carcass confirm butchery for its meat, probably by a group of at least four individuals.

«Sort of light - grey stone, possibly with a hint of flint — that's the construction of the wall that I nearly hit as the 991 very suddenly becomes a 911.»

The team analysed over 50,000 pieces of wood and nearly 36,000 pieces of flint from what was once probably a Homo erectus settlement on the shores of an ancient lake.

Eventually, Barney threw a piece of flint at some poor guy, and started a fire.

There's more to our mission than coming in like a bunch of flint - faced accountants and sorting out the finances.

In layers older than roughly 350,000 years, almost none of the flints are burned.

For two years, Eren practiced the craft about eight hours a day — save one day per week, when he restocked his rock supply by hiking the beaches of South England, loading a backpack with 150 pounds of flint.

Chunks of flint found at the site in shapes resembling male and female genitalia suggest that the voyage may have been undertaken to obtain help with fertility from ancestors.

Whether that grip was used to manoeuver delicate flakes of flint remains to be seen, though.

Previous excavations there have turned up dozens of flint tools that these ancient people may have used to butcher animals or process their skins.

In October in the Journal of Human Evolution, Metin Eren, a graduate student at the University of Exeter in England and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, appraised the qualities of flint knives he had re-created in the styles of both Neanderthals and Cro - Magnons, the early modern humans of Europe.

Its name comes from the Pedra de Fogo («Rock of Fire») Formation where it's from, so named for the presence of flint.

Analysis of the flint scatter suggests that different activity zones may be identifiable, giving the archaeologists an understanding of the dynamics of life at the camp site some 14,700 years ago.

They also point out the low proportion of burnt remains — only around four per cent of the wood and two per cent of the flint.

It's often associated with Cretaceous chalk deposits, such as the big cliffs in the southern UK, where you can see black bands of flint nodules.

India's Khitish presents the handwoven silk shawl in shades of flint grey snow white amber and coal which come together in wonderful harmony.

In this inhospitable ground, filmmaker Derek Jarman planted poppies, wild orchids and water lilies, and arranged small circles of flint and pieces of driftwood to resemble standing stones and upright tombs.

Poking out of the flint surface, its irises, plants and rusty crosses made from wrenches, is a far cry from the green monochrome of Bree Van de Kampf's perfectly tended lawns that adorn Wisteria Lane.»

Wolfgang Tillmans» photograph of translucent plastic cartons drying on a window sill keeps very happy company with Zurbaran's exquisite Cup of Water and A Rose, while in a new pair of films Dean dramatically scrutinises the bumps, crags and holes of flints that belonged to Henry Moore which she then pairs with his friend Paul Nash's painting Event on the Downs.

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A mix of flint gray and sage green have made their room a peaceful retreat.

These include activities such as making pitch: some early hominins made this sticky substance by burning birch bark and using it to glue pieces of flint to wooden handles to make stone tools easier to use.

Sort of light - grey stone, possibly with a hint of flint — that's the construction of the wall that I nearly hit as the 991 very suddenly becomes a 911, loses grip at the front and then snaps its big arse sideways.

Like Thoreau, the examiner of lost and fragile surfaces of flint, we are only by indirection students of man.

He also created tools to dig food out of the ground — including a thick oval «trowel» made of flint.

Both Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans lived in the region when this image of four nested arcs was engraved — with another piece of flint.

The bones were found in July, accompanied by three pieces of flint that the prehistoric butchers apparently used to slice up the carcass.

The archeologists found that some of the flint used by this group of homo sapiens were from hundreds of kilometers away, which suggests they had very extensive social and trading network that helped with their survival for the next 4,000 years.

This usually happens because the dog has turned suddenly whilst running at pace, and the pad is scraped off on a hard, rough surface OR because the dog has trodden on a sharp object such as a piece of flint or metal lying in or on the ground.

The archeologists found that some of the flint used by this group of homo sapiens were from hundreds of kilometers away, which suggests they had very extensive social and trading network that helped with their survival for the next 4,000 years.