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social science subjects > sociology > anthropology > archaeology > Levalloisian tradition
social science subjects > sociology > anthropology > geography/geology > Levalloisian tradition

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Levalloisian tradition  

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  • The Levalloisian tradition is a Lower and Middle Paleolithic method of stone tool production whereby stone flakes are removed from a carefully prepared stone core in such a way as to predict the size and shape of the flakes removed and to maximize the number of flakes produced per core. The evolution of the Levalloisian tradition is significant not only because it marks an important technological change from simple core tools to more complex flake tools but also because it reflects changes in hominid cognition in that the complexity of a stone tool tradition is taken by archaeologists to be an index of cognitive complexity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Levalloisian Tradition]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-GSQRG6N4-L

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