Stone toolmaking and the evolution of human culture and ...
Apr 12, 2011· The production of large flakes (called 'blanks') suitable for shaping into a handaxe was a key innovation of the Early Acheulean, and involves an elaboration of raw material procurement into a multicomponent quarrying process, depicted to the left of figure 1 c. Raw material selection criteria must now privilege size over composition, allowing for the production of large flakes.