So, I got very little spending power right now and a lot of time so I've been cannibalizing some Aechulean handaxes, converting them into Levallois prepared cores! So first I will cover what we got here.
Two cores, one is made of Idahoan Dacite, a rock similar to obsidian, though not quite a glass and notably courser. The other is a type of very fine grained chert, pretty sure its georgetown.
The dacite core produced a levallois blade, not really that pointy but it has plenty of sharp edges and will work great as a knife when hafted to a handle, whereas the chert flake is a point, relatively symmetrical (relatively), pointy and sharp, may not be a perfect triangle but it will definitely go into someone if push came to shove (literally). Levallois points are often used as knives or as points for thrusting and throwing spears, this one is kinda small so I see it as more of a throwing spear or maaaybe an atlatl dart point.
As for the real world history of levallois tech
Levallois technology is associated closely with the Mousterian Industry, an industry practiced by Neanderthals and Modern Humans throughout Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa between 300,000 years ago all the way to around 50,000 years ago! Pretty long span. This technology wasnt the only technology of these regions and peoples, but it was a very significant one. Levallois technology is focused on prepared core technologies, where you produce a core of a shape to predispose a flake or flakes to take a certain desired shape and purpose that require limited to no modification to become fit for task. Levallois flakes can come in many forms, some are rounded and great cutting tools when held in the hand or hafted, others are triangular and make good cutting tools or great spear or projectile points for hunting. And some, particularly with larger cores could very well be used as woodworking tools, hafted or handheld blades for cutting and shaping wood.
As for the DragonScape
Something I've discussed on the site and here, dragons tend to be flake/core focused in their flintknapping rather than heavily invested into bifacial technologies. And Levallois is about as complex a style of flintknapping here as you can get short of prismatic blade cores. While it requires a fine grained stone to work with, it is easy enough to make workable stone out of mana. This is the style of flintknapping that has been seen in the recent Long Hike (mostly for spears, its a war story after all) as various levallois points have been used for effective spears by the Dakoner, Yakote and Bozemen warriors that Imua has been with! But it has also appeared in maaany planar, cultures, and regions of the whole setting! Its a pretty effective way of making very usable cutting tools, points, and chopping tools for a variety of tasks.
So yeah! Anywho, time to start working on some drek'd comms. Be Well!
Two cores, one is made of Idahoan Dacite, a rock similar to obsidian, though not quite a glass and notably courser. The other is a type of very fine grained chert, pretty sure its georgetown.
The dacite core produced a levallois blade, not really that pointy but it has plenty of sharp edges and will work great as a knife when hafted to a handle, whereas the chert flake is a point, relatively symmetrical (relatively), pointy and sharp, may not be a perfect triangle but it will definitely go into someone if push came to shove (literally). Levallois points are often used as knives or as points for thrusting and throwing spears, this one is kinda small so I see it as more of a throwing spear or maaaybe an atlatl dart point.
As for the real world history of levallois tech
Levallois technology is associated closely with the Mousterian Industry, an industry practiced by Neanderthals and Modern Humans throughout Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa between 300,000 years ago all the way to around 50,000 years ago! Pretty long span. This technology wasnt the only technology of these regions and peoples, but it was a very significant one. Levallois technology is focused on prepared core technologies, where you produce a core of a shape to predispose a flake or flakes to take a certain desired shape and purpose that require limited to no modification to become fit for task. Levallois flakes can come in many forms, some are rounded and great cutting tools when held in the hand or hafted, others are triangular and make good cutting tools or great spear or projectile points for hunting. And some, particularly with larger cores could very well be used as woodworking tools, hafted or handheld blades for cutting and shaping wood.
As for the DragonScape
Something I've discussed on the site and here, dragons tend to be flake/core focused in their flintknapping rather than heavily invested into bifacial technologies. And Levallois is about as complex a style of flintknapping here as you can get short of prismatic blade cores. While it requires a fine grained stone to work with, it is easy enough to make workable stone out of mana. This is the style of flintknapping that has been seen in the recent Long Hike (mostly for spears, its a war story after all) as various levallois points have been used for effective spears by the Dakoner, Yakote and Bozemen warriors that Imua has been with! But it has also appeared in maaany planar, cultures, and regions of the whole setting! Its a pretty effective way of making very usable cutting tools, points, and chopping tools for a variety of tasks.
So yeah! Anywho, time to start working on some drek'd comms. Be Well!
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