Fluted points from Manayzah (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Fluted points from Manayzah

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Fluting is a specific technique that involves the extraction of an elongated flake along the length of a projectile point, leaving a distinctive groove or depression at the base of the spearhead or arrowhead.

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Rémy Crassard, CNRS

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