[SunkenCiv]

A view of the tools carved out of stone, in Tunceli, eastern Turkey, Sept. 16, 2020. (DHA Photo)

[blueunicorn6]

I wonder how many tools I’ve skipped across the water on lakes?

Probably several toolboxes full.

[Seruzawa]

20,000 to 200,000 years. Pretty safe window ya get there doc.

[blueunicorn6]

This toolkit is available at Home Depot for only $49.99!

[Red Badger]

Reminds me of a old joke:

A man and his family stopped at one of those tourist stops in the middle of nowhere out west to get gas, eat and stretch the legs.

When he went to pay the bill he saw a box full of arrowheads on the counter by the cashier, and a sign: Genuine Old Indian Arrowheads, $5 each.

They looked perfect, but hardly old. He asked the cashier if they were real, and he replied, “I guarantee they are 100% real, sir!” sounding a little miffed.

“Well where did they come from?” He asked, trying to be diplomatic.

“Out back,” said the cashier, “Go and look for yourself!”

The man went out back and then he was absolutely sure the cashier was telling the truth.

There sat an Old Indian making arrowheads.....................

[GOP Poet]

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[TXnMA]

The doc could use some help with photography for publication. Look how much more you can see & show by selecting fifteen specimens -- instead of trying to show the whole assemblage -- and conveying mininmum info:

3 rows, 5 columns:

#3, 5: That black material is probably the best of the group -- but, were large starting pieces available?

#2,1: Best work, 2nd best material. (Notice the gloss). That upper surface is the flake scar from a single hard hammer blade removal or "fluting" blow. (Surprisingly advanced technique!) Several small, "notching or "serrating" flake removals on each lateral edge -- made from the opposite, flat face. (I could make a nice point from that flake...)

#2,2: They were already striking off long, triangular-section "prismatic blades"!

#2,4: They were already making "prepared striking platforms" (bottom end) and striking off long, thin flakes!

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Bottom line: Surprisingly sophisticated lithic techniques for so very early in the development of "flintknapping"!!!

TXnMA   
  
(Texas Archæological Steward)

P.S. I should have included the scale and doctor's name when cropping -- but was focussed too much on featuring the artifacts... :-(

[TXnMA]

Be sure to take a few steps outside and take a look at the moon while it's still reddish. Moon & Mars (at close Earth approach) are in conjunction -- with Mars at ~11:00 (angular) and only a few degrees of separation...

Well worth seeing!

TXnMA