1. Development of Tools
These were produced by removing a few flakes from a stone either by using another stone as a hammer or by striking a pebble against a large rock. ... Many of these tools were made out of quartz or lava; which were not the most common stones but were the easiest to chip. ... Following which, a striking platform was set up for a crosswise blow at one end of the core of stone. ... This was the invention of hafting - the affixing of small stone bifaces and flakes in handles of wood - to make improved spears and knives(Haviland 228)." ... The upper paleolithic period had more variety of stone tools...
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