A sumatralith is an
oval to
rectangular shaped
stone artefact Artifact, or artefact, may refer to:
Science and technology
* Artifact (error), misleading or confusing alteration in data or observation, commonly in experimental science, resulting from flaws in technique or equipment
** Compression artifact, a ...
made by unifacially flaking around the
circumference of a
cobble. It is often used to infer the
Hoabinhian character of a lithic
assemblage.
References
* Nishimura M. 1994. Attribute analysis of the Hoabinhian industry: Implications from a comparative study of Bung cave and Xom Trai cave, Northern Vietnam. ''Vietnam Social Sciences'' 5: 75-87
* Van Tan, H. A. (1997). The Hoabinhian and before. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, 16, 35–41.
Lithics
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