MODE 2 (apr 19, 1700000 BC – feb 18, 125000 BC)
Description:
More complex Mode 2 tools began to be developed. It was not characterized by the core, but by the biface, whose most notable form was the hand axe. It is the planned result of a manufacturing process.Some Mode 2 tools are disc-shaped, others ovoid, others leaf-shaped and pointed, and others elongated…, used for drilling. Mode 2 tools are used for quartering; As they do not have a handle, they are not very appropriate instruments for killing. Mode 2 tools are larger.
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Date:
apr 19, 1700000 BC
feb 18, 125000 BC
~ 1576046 years