The knapping methods and techniques practiced at Cambay

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 hammer...

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