An experiment concerning this site was conducted that would replicate the tranchet axes found in Boxgrove ( a total of 314 tranchet axes were found at the site ).
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An experiment concerning this site was conducted that would replicate the tranchet axes found in Boxgrove ( a total of 314 tranchet axes were found at the site ).
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Evidence of the technique of the tranchet flake was first discovered in sites of the Acheulean age, and the flake is a corresponding technology to the Upper Paleolithic era.
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The study also revealed that when the flintknapper had become skilled enough to be able to produce a tranchet flake, the range of flake types knappers can produce increases.
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Using seven people who were right-handed and able to flintknap, the experiment showed that hand preference did not restrict which side was used during the tranchet flake removal.
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Because of a unique production process that uses what are called tranchet blows, Tiya tools might also belong to the same time span as these other two sites.
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To make a tranchet flake, a flintknapper can hold the core from which the tranchet flake is to be removed in two ways : freehand or with it supported against the leg.
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To make a tranchet flake, a flintknapper can hold the core from which the tranchet flake is to be removed in two ways : freehand or with it supported against the leg.
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Proving that hand preference did not restrict which side was used to remove flakes allowed those excavating the Boxgrove site to see that the knappers there preferred to remove tranchet flakes from the left side.
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Unlike chisel arrowheads, tranchet arrowheads are transverse : this means they are knapped sideways, along the width of the flake versus the length of a flake like in the making of a chisel arrowhead.
