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Recent Examples of knapRocks could be knapped, or shaped, into knife blades, spear points, ax heads, and more, allowing hunter-gatherers to take on new prey and use animal remains for clothing and other things.—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024 Our early ancestors apparently knapped the same style of handheld, multipurpose hand ax for 1.6 million years, with only minor tweaks to the template.—Heather Pringle, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016 Elders transmit other kinds of cultural knowledge, too—from environmental (what kinds of plants are poisonous or where to find water during a drought, for example) to technological (how to weave a basket or knap a stone knife, perhaps).—Rachel Caspari, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016 The course was jointly led by Ojibwe elders, who taught him how to knap flint, tan hides and build wigwams.—Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2022 Relics unearthed in Flores indicate that the hobbits used large stones as hammers to knap and chip away at stone flakes, shaping them into cutting tools.—Jill Neimark, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2011 Our Paleolithic ancestors learned to knap delicate blades from round stone cobbles, hunt large game and cook their food.—Herman Pontzer, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022 Knowing how to make a friction fire, or how to whittle a paddle out of a log, or how to knap stone arrowheads all have their place in a survival situation (particularly fire making).—Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2020 There was the first time someone knapped and hafted a rock onto a spear shaft, and the first time someone strung up a bow.—Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2020
In 2022, the drought in the Czech Republic was so severe that the Elbe River receded to reveal a rock along the bank with an inscription chiseled in 1417.
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Joel Stein,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Jan. 2025
Because there are few things more humiliating than watching your name being chiseled off the walls of an illustrious institution.
To build all this, a huge tunnel first had to be dug into the mountain and then the dwellings themselves were carved out over a period of roughly seven years.
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Adam Williams,
New Atlas,
20 Jan. 2025
It was abandoned in 1865, when the war ended, but the cannon emplacements are still visible today, carved into the landscape.
Bourdelle’s voluminous works in marble, bronze, and wood fill the lofty mezzanine, while his bronze sculptures Héraklès archer (Hercules the Archer) and Centaure mourant (Dying Centaur) highlight the garden.
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Kasia Dietz,
Travel + Leisure,
29 July 2024
Co-developed with NISMO, Nissan’s in-house racing and customizing arm, the Hyper-Force’s carbon-fiber body is sculptured like a fighter jet with the sole purpose of going as fast as possible.
The Trophy, fondly referred to as the ‘Baby Borg,’ is a 20-inch miniature version of the iconic Borg-Warner Trophy® and features Newgarden’s name, team name, average speed and sculpted sterling silver likeness.
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Bruce Martin,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
In Bay Harbour, the plan is to design 25 coral reef structures with six of them sculpted into famous Floridians.
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