Table 2 Stone tools from AMZ7, organised by technological group and category.

From: Regional variability in the Acheulian to Middle Stone Age transition in southern Africa

Group

Category

Layer

Number

GH1

GH2

GH3

GH4

GH5

Cores

Unifacial core

1

9

29

42

1

82

Bifacial core

3

6

10

21

1

41

Discoid

 

6

23

26

 

55

Bifacial hierarchical core

1

1

9

5

 

16

Levallois core

2

2

8

  

12

Blade core

 

1

1

  

2

Core on flake

 

2

5

 

1

8

Core fragment

1

2

17

12

1

33

Complete flakes

Initial cortical flake

11

52

87

24

 

174

Residual cortical flake

12

32

79

15

1

139

Non-cortical flake

48

293

476

70

8

895

Core maintenance flake

1

10

27

14

3

55

Levallois flake

2

8

14

  

24

Bipolar flake

1

3

7

3

 

14

Blades

Complete

7

10

9

1

 

27

Proximal

1

 

2

  

3

Medial

1

1

2

  

4

Distal

1

    

1

Split

  

1

  

1

Flake fragments

Fragment

47

199

431

38

3

718

Split flake

10

87

117

23

3

240

Core maintenance frag.

 

2

5

  

7

Levallois flake frag.

4

16

21

  

41

Retouched pieces

Minimally retouched

2

1

5

2

 

10

Laterally retouched

3

1

13

9

3

29

End scraper

 

6

5

3

 

14

Side scraper

 

2

2

2

 

6

Other scraper types

  

7

2

 

9

Simple notch

1

8

18

4

2

33

Complex notch

1

3

12

  

16

Notched denticulate

1

4

1

  

6

Serrated denticulate

 

1

   

1

Single awl

1

1

   

2

LCTs

Cleaver

   

4

 

4

Handaxe

  

7

19

1

27

Preform

   

11

 

11

Fragment

  

2

9

1

12

Shatter

Cortical

3

47

95

5

2

152

Non cortical

13

140

290

25

2

470

Hammerstones/cobbles

Hammerstone

 

6

13

14

1

34

Hammerstone fragment

   

1

 

1

Cobble fragment

 

1

2

2

 

5

Unmodified cobble

 

4

20

24

1

49

Total

 

179

967

1872

430

35

3483