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Levallois - Coggle Diagram
Levallois
Human Evolution
Earliest European Neanderthal context
OIS 7
Core preparation, Homo erectus. 500ka
gradual adoption
Rudimentary levallois found sometimes
Cognition
no more demanding then other core preperation techniques
Basic Features
Core
tortoise-shape
worked on 2 surfaces
one side to extract blades
Recuction strategies
Recurrent methods
Preferential methods
Debitage
direct percussion
stone hammer
Background info
Named after the place: Levallios-Peret
Jules Rebooux, 1867. Named it.
Essence of technique
Core preparation
producing flakes in a desired shape
Approaches
Typological
Bordes
Variability
Core
Striking surface
product
types of striking surfaces
1 levallois flake
multiple flakes
prepation next one
End product
Technological/(chaine Opératiore)
entire life cycle
predetermination of morphology procuduct
Hierarchical Surfaces
platform face
production face
organisation striking platform
Two surfaces on a volume
Fracture plane subparalel to plane of intersection