We look back in time with flints and fossils
Colchester Young Archaeologists' Club looked back in time today. We explored the ancient art of flint napping techniques. It was done safely with soap and wooden knives. We were recommended to use wooden knives on the imperial leather brand of soap. It has the right sort of consistency to be worked like flint on flint. As the young people napped the 'flints' the fragrance of the soap filled the room. When they drew flints, the standard of drawing was exceptional. Some young people were fascinated with our collection of fossils and puzzled through the fossil dating quiz, working out which species were likely to be tens and hundreds of million years old. We had some new members join us and they were introduced to the ever-popular game of Aquila.