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2. The knapping methods and techniques practiced at Cambay

Year: 2000

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: . In this chapter, we first present the “Cambay” technique. As with other knapping techniques, the Cambay technique respects the principles and constraints of hard stone conchoidal fracture, but also employs an original principle, indirect percussion by counter-blows (with a horn hammer and iron spike used as an anvil), and some specific tools (fig. 1). The moment of the development of this technique remains unknown: all of the classic techniques (direct percussion with a stone h...

Source: Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme eBooks

DOI: 10.4000/books.editionsmsh.8720

Author: Jacques Pelegrin

Language: English

Topic: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2730959929

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