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To: fhayek; TChad; SouthParkRepublican
"Can YOU do any of these things?"

Yep.

FWIW, that is a very simple tool -- made with mankind's first sophisticated toolmaking process:

It is a "prismatic blade" -- detached from a "core" with a single blow (on the left end).

The sophistication comes in preparing the core with a flat "striking platform" and then striking near the edge of the platform at just the right angle, in line with a ridge down the side of the core, (remaining as the "backbone" down the center of this piece) to detach the blade.

Achieving the "pointy" outline involves a little simple "crunching" around the edge -- with the same hammerstone (aka "hard hammer") used to knock the blade from the core.

There is no clear evidence of the use of a "soft (antler) hammer" for thinning, or of "pressure flaking" with an antler tip.

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There is, however, an arcuate "notch" that might have been used as a "spokeshave" for shaping wooden projectile shafts...

As SouthParkRepublican said, "Like an ancient Leatherman. Pretty awesome."

All in all, a nice example of mankind's early progress in "lithic technology"...

27 posted on 08/10/2016 8:07:32 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias; "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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To: JimSEA
OP courtesy ping to #27... And, thanks for posting this!
28 posted on 08/10/2016 8:11:15 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias; "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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