Levallois one-sided single-platform core
Georgia, Chekiani site
Lower Paleolithic
Acheulean
Obsidian
13 x 9 cm
From: surface finds of Z.K. Kikodze (Museum of History of Georgia), 1983 – 1984
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A core served to obtain chipped blanks for the subsequent manufacture of tools. This core is of irregular round shape. It is made from a large chip or flattened nodule. The knapping of flakes was carried out from one striking platform at the narrow end of the object. To obtain the required blank, the future reduction surface was first adjusted with large chips from the edges. A single plate chip was removed from the striking platform. The striking platform itself has no traces of special design. The surface of the object has traces of rounding.
It is a widespread material of the Paleolithic era in Europe.
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