Technical traditions and individual variability in the Early Neolithic: Linear pottery culture flint knappers in the Aisne Valley (France)
Fig 2
Example of diagnostic blades for indirect percussion.
Three examples of blades characteristic of punch technique: A, a regular blade from Bucy-le-Long "la Fosse Tounise" (with a partially prepared overhang and a 90° platform angle ((BLF, 44–1280, Soissons, France); B, a blade from Bucy-le-Long "la Héronnière" with a flat butt, a half-circle behind the platform and a rough overhang (BLH, 124–2727, Soissons, France); C, typical Early Neolithic blade from Hesbaye. The butts of the blade is plain and flat, with residues of the overhang (ACM, 150–8497, Aubechies, Belgium).