FLINTSTONES

* Information from Avraham Ronen, Introducing Prehistory (London: Cassell, 1975), pp. 89-92:
IMAGES
CODES
DESCRIPTION
(MISSING)
31/f1
Chopping tool. An implement having a more or less sharp edge made by flaking one edge of a stone, the surface otherwise remaining unmodified. Crude in appearance, this is considered the earliest man-made tool.
Arrowhead
32/f2
Arrowhead. A pointed implement, ... 
saw blade
33/f3
Saw blade or denticulate. ...
scraper
34/f4
Scraper. ...
(MISSING)
35/f5
Core. Usually a rock which can produce good pieces of stone implement when severed. This is sometimes done by the Levallois technique, which is an elaborate technique of flaking. The shape and size of a flake is predetermined by a series of preparatory flakes (themselves waste products) which create a desired pattern of ridges on the core; a final blow is then given to separate a flake of the desired shape from the core. Flakes and points alike can be produced by this technique each requiring its own suitable preparation.
spheroid
36/f6
Spheroid. ...
awl
37/f7
Awl. ....
microlith
38/f8
Microlith. .... 
scaper
39/f9
Scraper. A flake with a long edge ... 


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