How to Pronounce Don Crabtree
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Jun 08, 1912 Died on 16 Nov 1980 (aged 68)
American archaeologist
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About Don Crabtree
- Don E.
- Crabtree (June 8, 1912 – November 16, 1980) was an American flintknapper and pioneering experimental archaeologist. Known as the "dean of American flintknappers" he was mostly self-educated, however he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Idaho.
- His 1972 publication An Introduction to Flintworking still serves as one of the primary terminology sources for students of lithic technology.
- Crabtree is known for “Crabtree’s Law”, which states that “the greater the degree of final finishing applied to a stone artifact, whether by flaking, grinding, and/or polishing, the harder it is to conclude the lithic reduction process which produced the stone artifact.” Through practical experimentation and study of archaeological finds (both completed tools and the chips of stone left by their production) Crabtree learned to produce replicas of a variety of different ancient flint and obsidian blades.
