The tool types belonging to the Middle Palaeolithic were mainly made on flakes.Hence this culture is also called Flake Culture.A new technique by the name Mousterian after the site Le Moustier in France was discovered to be prevalent in Middle Palaeolithic Period.The Levalloisian technique was also used in large scale.
Mousterian Technique in which a stone with a large flat surface is chosen.Small flakes are removed all around the flat surface of the core.This process was repeated until no more flakes could be removed from the core.These small flakes were used in the making of the tool types.
The tool types that were pervalent in the Middle Palaeolithic age are points,borers and scrapers.
Points are made on flakes and are large and small,thick and thin,triangular and lean.These points could have been used as arrow heads and the thinner,leaner ones could have been used as spear heads.
A borer has a thick projecting point protuding from square,rectangular or round stone.
According to the shapeof the piece and the position and nature of the edge for scraping the tool is named as side scraper,end scraper,round scraper and convex scraper.
Mousterian Technique in which a stone with a large flat surface is chosen.Small flakes are removed all around the flat surface of the core.This process was repeated until no more flakes could be removed from the core.These small flakes were used in the making of the tool types.
The tool types that were pervalent in the Middle Palaeolithic age are points,borers and scrapers.
Points are made on flakes and are large and small,thick and thin,triangular and lean.These points could have been used as arrow heads and the thinner,leaner ones could have been used as spear heads.
A borer has a thick projecting point protuding from square,rectangular or round stone.
According to the shapeof the piece and the position and nature of the edge for scraping the tool is named as side scraper,end scraper,round scraper and convex scraper.
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