An original way of orienting the core for the production of blades

Une manière originale d'orienter le nucléus pour le débitage des lames
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In habitation Q31, a unique method, unseen elsewhere at Étiolles, was used to shape several cores. The knapper began with an asymmetrical block, not symmetrical. This little-used technique was used to produce simple objects.

PF = Striking platform (Plan de Frappe); D = Flint object (Débitage)

Photo © ARPE/DAO © M. Philippe

Photo © ARPE/DAO © M. Philippe

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