History enthusiasts have the chance to handle prehistoric artefacts and to see how they were made at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology this Saturday.

探花直播Museum is hosting a series of free events focusing on rock art, stone tools and flint knapping, a method of shaping stone artefacts. Alongside a range of other activities, a representative from the Prehistoric Art Museum of Ma莽茫o, Pedro Cura, will be playing a Stone Age man, Andakatu and demonstrating the method of making tools through flint-knapping.

Stone tools have been made and used for the last two million years. Knapping involves striking the stone (usually with a harder stone) to make the rough shape, then removing smaller flakes with a pointed tool to refine the form into an axe, arrowhead or other tool.

Andakatu will be leading a special session for the Young Archaeologists' Club in the morning, but there will be activities throughout the day in the Museum.

In the afternoon there will be a series of 7 short talks and the opportunity to see Andakatu at work. 探花直播seven speakers will cover the rock art of the world in one and a half hours.

探花直播painting or carving of images on stone surfaces is genuinely a part of world heritage and can be found on every continent. 探花直播talks reflect its great range of forms, covering rock art in Britain, America, Australia and Africa.

All the events are free and open to the public. They are being held with the support of the British Rock-Art Group, the Etched in Time Project and the Erasmus Mundus Programme. Andakatu's event is sponsored by the Municipality of Ma莽茫o.

They will take place on Saturday 9 February at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on Downing Street. 探花直播activities will be running from 10:30-4:30. 探花直播talks and Andakatu's session will both begin at 2:30pm. 探花直播programme, which includes a full list of the talks, is available through the sidebar.

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