June 1-7, 2025
Learn to make stone tools with Tim Dillard
Tim is an expert flintknapper with over twenty-five years of experience. Informal lectures on tool forms, chert, quarrying strategies, local geology, and technical aspects of knapping will set the stage for sessions in percussion, billet, and pressure flaking. Participants also go on chert collection trips and learn how to heat-treat chert. Everyone who attends the program emerges with a greater understanding of stone tool technologies.
Program
Tuition is $600, and includes room, basic field lunch, and instruction.
Breakfast and dinner are on your own. Participants will stay at a CAA dormitory. Rooms are at minimum double occupancy. Our dorm is equipped with refrigerators, microwave, coffee pot, hotplate, outdoor grill, and campfire area. Feel free to bring your own tools, but it is not required. Participants are responsible for making their transportation arrangements. The CAA can provide shuttle service to & from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport or the Alton, Illinois Amtrak station for an additional cost.
Schedule
- Sunday (June 1): Participants arrive in Kampsville
- Monday-Friday (June 1-6): Program days
- Saturday (June 7): Participants depart
How to Enroll
Enrollment is open to anyone 18 years or older. Novices and experienced knappers are welcome!
Complete and return the 2025 Flintknapping Workshop Application.
Once enrolled, we will send you enrollment confirmation by email and a packet of additional information, and instructions for payment. Enrollments are typically processed on Fridays. An invoice for tuition due will be sent separately.
If you have not received confirmation, we have not received your application.
Registration closes one week prior to the start date.
Questions: If you have any questions, please contact the CAA at education@caa-archeology.org or 618-653-4316 for more information.