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Title Of Article Chaper
Appendix 2: flaked stone artifact technology and typology
Title Of Journal Book
The human career: human biological and cultural origins
Pages
418-427
Collation
ill.
Reference Bibliography
refs.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publisher City
Chicago
ISBN
0-226-43962-3
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Discusses types of stone suitable for artifact manufacture, i.e., what was readily available in Europe and in Africa. The techniques of stone knapping include both direct and indirect percussion and pressure flaking information covers manufacture and the description of flakes. The discussion of tools covers core tool types, retouch and flake tool types, and the functions of stone tools.
Keywords
stone;artifacts;technology;Europe;Africa;knapping;flaking;tools
pub_id
31844