Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c7.s9: Tool Size

c7.s9.1

First the size and material. Contrary to the general impression that the Middle Palaeolithic tools are small, it must be said that in size, they are only relatively "small." While some may be as small as one inch (about three centimeter), the largest is as big as six to eight inches (about 15 centimeter) in length and about three to four inches in width and about an inch in thickness. Thus these tools are in no sense microlithic.