About Michael R. Peterson
Michael R. Peterson’s interest in flintknapping was sparked when he discovered chipped stone tools from Native Americans on his family’s farm in Western Nebraska. He tried to make these stone tools but was unsuccessful at first; it was not until much later, when he attended the University of Nebraska and took a course in early tool technologies of the world, that he began to understand what was involved in making them.
Several institutions have commissioned Michael to replicate early stone tool technologies, ranging from European to North American styles. He recently replicated a series of High Plains projectile points for Indiana University Bloomington's Archaeology Department. He also produced a series of projectile points that is currently on display at the University of Wyoming High Plains Archaeological Project in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. In addition, Michael has given numerous flintknapping demonstrations for school grades K-12 and has taught lithic analysis and flintknapping to students at the University of Wyoming and Humboldt State University.
Michael has not only mastered many flintknapping technologies from around the world, but he has also developed his own art styles, as evidenced in the Work page of this website. Parallel oblique-flaked knives have been among his most commissioned pieces. He is available to assist universities, museums and educational institutions with teaching collections, demonstrations and workshops.
Michael has a Master of Science in GIS and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology from University College of London, a Master of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Wyoming in Laramie and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has been a professional archaeologist for more than 20 years and is Secretary of the Interior-qualified.
Several institutions have commissioned Michael to replicate early stone tool technologies, ranging from European to North American styles. He recently replicated a series of High Plains projectile points for Indiana University Bloomington's Archaeology Department. He also produced a series of projectile points that is currently on display at the University of Wyoming High Plains Archaeological Project in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. In addition, Michael has given numerous flintknapping demonstrations for school grades K-12 and has taught lithic analysis and flintknapping to students at the University of Wyoming and Humboldt State University.
Michael has not only mastered many flintknapping technologies from around the world, but he has also developed his own art styles, as evidenced in the Work page of this website. Parallel oblique-flaked knives have been among his most commissioned pieces. He is available to assist universities, museums and educational institutions with teaching collections, demonstrations and workshops.
Michael has a Master of Science in GIS and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology from University College of London, a Master of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Wyoming in Laramie and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has been a professional archaeologist for more than 20 years and is Secretary of the Interior-qualified.
