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World Lithics Pg.2
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France
Solutrean
Southwestern France
The Upper Paleothic
advanced flint tool making style is called the Solutrean Industry. It is named after the Solutre type site in eastern France. It appeared
around19,000 BCE. The makers of these style tools used techniques not seen before and not rediscovered for millennia.
They made bifacial points that were realitively finely worked using pressure flaking. The pioneers of this flint working technique lived in modern France and Spain. They vanished from archaeological records around 15,000 BCE
They made bifacial points that were realitively finely worked using pressure flaking. The pioneers of this flint working technique lived in modern France and Spain. They vanished from archaeological records around 15,000 BCE