By Andy Mead
DAVID STEPHENSON: Johnny Faulkner, left, and Ronnie Hazlett demonstrated the art of making arrowheads and spear points at the Gladie Cultural-Environmental Learning Center. Photo by David Stephenson
RED RIVER GORGE — On a flat, grassy piece of land beside the Red River, a man sat in the shade, striking a piece of wood against a rock, slowly shaping a rough piece of flint into a spear point.
Because he had done this many times before, the man knew just where to hit the flint to produce a strong, thin point that could easily pierce an animal's hide and sink into a vital organ.
The scene could have taken place on the same spot thousands of years ago, but it happened last week.
The man was wearing a T-shirt, green Forest Service uniform pants, and, in a radical meeting of ancient and modern technologies, a microphone that sent signals to a high-definition digital video camera.
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Monday, September 15, 2008