For those who didn’t really get the Levallois technique

 

I didn’t make this fine animation, it is the work of José-Manuel Benito Álvarez, check at Wikimedia Commons and at Wikipedia. But I did take the photo, before, I have to admit, I really got it. You see, I’m fond of stone, and the reddish-orange silicified sandstone (quartzite) at Wadi Abu Subeira, near Aswan in Egypt, makes my heart jump… I guess the Levallois core was prepared in the Middle Palaeolithic, quite some thousands of years ago.

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About Per Storemyr

I work with the geoarchaeology of old stone: monuments, rock art, quarries. And I try to figure out about their weathering, and conservation using traditional crafts. I also burn lime the traditional way. For the joy of old stone!
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