Sentences with phrase «pieces of flint»

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.

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.

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.

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

Not exact matches

In my travels for work and pleasure, I have hunted agates in Scotland, searched for flints, arrowheads, and fossils in Wyoming, Texas, and Oregon, and brought pieces of obsidian home from Japan.

One of the obscure suggestions for the origin of the name, is that the word «ambar» refers to pieces of Mayan stone implements made from a translucent brown flint, which could resemble amber.

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.

Eoliths are pieces of chipped flint which were the subject of major archaeological debates in late 1890s Britain.

The only work that's missing is the collection's Richard Long, a floor piece consisting of dozens of chalky flint lumps.