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... flakes rather than cores - polyhedrals ( multi - faceted , rounded stones ) of unknown function , knives , and scrapers made from cores , as well as significant numbers of large flake cleavers and scrapers and other small flake tools ...
... flakes rather than cores - polyhedrals ( multi - faceted , rounded stones ) of unknown function , knives , and scrapers made from cores , as well as significant numbers of large flake cleavers and scrapers and other small flake tools ...
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... flake . Right view shows ( top to bottom ) making platform , striking flake from nucleus , looking down on core after flake detached . end of the core , creating a ledge , or striking platform . Then , a longitudinal blow was ...
... flake . Right view shows ( top to bottom ) making platform , striking flake from nucleus , looking down on core after flake detached . end of the core , creating a ledge , or striking platform . Then , a longitudinal blow was ...
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... flake tools , including several varieties of points , scrapers , notched flakes for shaving wood , burins , and borers . A high degree of control had been achieved over the secondary flaking or retouching of work- ing edges , and ...
... flake tools , including several varieties of points , scrapers , notched flakes for shaving wood , burins , and borers . A high degree of control had been achieved over the secondary flaking or retouching of work- ing edges , and ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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