INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Levalloisian stone-flaking technique, toolmaking technique of prehistoric Europe and Africa, characterized by the production of large flakes from a tortoise core (prepared core shaped much like an inverted tortoise shell).

Detailed explanation-2: -The prepared-core technique is a means of producing stone tools by first preparing common stone cores into shapes that lend themselves to knapping off flakes that closely resemble the desired tool and require only minor touch-ups to be usable.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definition: A method of creating stone tools by first striking flakes off the stone, or core, along the edges to create the prepared core and then striking the prepared core in such a way that the intended tool is flaked off with all of its edges pre-sharpened.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term “Levallois technique” refers to a strategy of stone tool production, specifically a means of taking a block of stone (core) and producing sharp-edged flake tools through percussive application of a stone hammer.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Levallois technology of Middle Paleolithic was associated with at least three hominin populations: late Homo heidelbergensis, Homo neanderthalensis, and Homo sapiens.