Turtle-shaped stone core - Kamenokogata Sekkaku

Japanese: 亀の子形石核 - かめのこがたせっかく
Turtle-shaped stone core - Kamenokogata Sekkaku

…A common feature of these sites is that, although to varying degrees, they all used the Levallois technique as the basic technique for stone tool production. In this technique, a flint rough stone is first processed into a turtle-shaped shape, and then a single inverted triangular stone fragment (Levallois fragment) is removed by a final blow. The remaining fragment is called the Levallois core or turtle-shaped core. The inverted triangular Levallois fragment produced by this method has sharp sides and a sharp tip, so it could be used as a weapon or sharp tool as it is, or could be reworked into a point, scraper, knife, etc. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "turtle-shaped core" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これらの遺跡に共通する特色としては,程度の差こそあるが,石器製作の基本的な技術としてルバロア技法が用いられていることである。この技法は,あらかじめフリントの原石を亀の子形に加工調整しておき,最後の打撃によって1個の逆三角形石片(ルバロア型剝片)をはがし取る方法であり,このとき残った方をルバロア型石核もしくは亀の子形石核とよぶ。この方法によって作り出された逆三角形のルバロア型剝片は,両側辺と先端部が鋭利なので,そのまま武器あるいは利器として用いることができたし,また再加工によって尖頭器,スクレーパー,ナイフなどに仕上げることもできた。…

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