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# Flintknapping
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/movies/time-team-america-search-josiah-henson/extras/time-team-america-flintknapping/
- Published: 2025-05-02T19:05:19.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-07T23:07:59.000Z
- Description: Ian Thompson demonstrates flintknapping and explains why it's an indigenous art form.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The Search for Josiah Henson, #ZZZ_Show_7a173a56-dacd-43d9-8960-5a4f51db7cc2, #hide, #v1.3, #ZZZ_Extra_3d26c146-7ada-4fc5-a7a7-0d31ad03c795, #movie-extra

Ian Thompson, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Choctaw nation of Oklahoma, is an experienced flintknapper. He describes the practice as an indigenous art form. Using a stone with high silica content, flintknappers chip away at the rock until it is transformed into a sharp edge cutting tool. Archaeologists learn a lot about past people when they uncover these bits of ancient technology.