Blade (archaeology)

Archaeologists use this process of flintknapping to analyze blades and observe their technological uses for historical purposes.

Blades became the favored technology of the Upper Palaeolithic era, although they are occasionally found in earlier periods.

Small examples (under 12 mm) are called microblades and were used in the Mesolithic as elements of composite tools.

Archaeologists have also been known to use the microscopic striations created from the lithic reduction process to classify the blades into specific types.

Lithic and Obsidian blades played a major role in many of their daily aspect of life.

[6][7][8][9] Blade technology, too, is able to provide researchers with understanding of the social realms of the culture in question.

92% of the Chalcolithic tool variety was a product of chert, a sedimentary rock indigenous to the area and easily harvested.

If the resources are not available, how they traded these raw materials such as obsidian to improve their blades and stone tool technology.