Arago, Bilzingsleben, Vértesszöllös, c. 400,000 BP / d)bilztools7

Microlithic ‘pebbletools’ from Bilzingsleben, Germany (OIS 11, c. 400,000 BP). Svoboda characterizes 1: burin; 2 Tayac point; 3 scraper with irregular bifacial retouch; 4 scraper+point; 5 6 7 and 10 becs and borers; 8 notch; 9 denticulate. Others might argue that 3 is a miniature cordiform biface.

Illustration © J. Svoboda. Svoboda, J. (1987). Lithic industries of the Arago, Vértesszöllös, and Bilzingsleben hominids: Comparison and evolutionary interpretation. Current Anthropology 28,2:219-227: fig. 7.