Color
Traditionally, archaeological illustrations are made in black and white. By taking out color, it is easier to highlight form, decoration, and production. However, color is still an important part of an object. Color in flint can tell us about the origin, age, and quality of the material. Color would also have been an important factor in the choices ancient people made about the materials they used. Even with very simple tools, like colored pencils from the grocery store, archaeologists can incorporate illustration into their illustrations and begin to think through the role of color in the past.
Pebble tools from the collection of the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow.
Attempts to illustrate the materiality of a groundstone artifact from the collection of the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow.
Collection of arrowheads from the collection of the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow illustrated in terms of color and shape.
Vivid coloration of a small flint scraper tool in the collection of the Hunterian Museum. University of Glasgow.
Flint tool from Glen Luce, held in the collection of the University of Glasgow.