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Flake production at the Lower Palaeolithic site of Holon (Israel): implications for the origin of the Levallois method
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
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The analysis of flake production at the late Lower Palaeolithic site of Holon (Israel) suggests that the introduction of the Levallois method was an abrupt event related to a shift in the design of tools.
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