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The continuation of the direct percussion technique was modified in later times by the use of hammers of elongated shape and of softer material such as bone, antler and wood etc. (Bordes, 1968, p. 24). The advantage of the use of such hammer was that the delivered blow could take out only small and shallow flakes (Fig.4).