SKINNING AND BUTCHERING A DEER WITH REPLICATED STONE TOOLS

A deer was skinned and butchered using a variety of flint tools ranging from well made flint knives to simple flakes. This experiment was to test the efficiency of various tools for a single task and also to provide reference materials for use-wear analysis


INITIAL INCISIONS




THE SKIN IS REMOVED



THE CARCASS READY FOR BUTCHERING


For a comparative experiment see Testing for Efficiency

EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY