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8. *Bifacial Discoidal Core* : It is a bifacially prepared roughly circular or oval core with bi-convex cross-section. The flake- scars on the two surfaces denote that the usually elongated centripetal flakes have been removed from them, alternately, after the usual Levallois type of preparation (*Fig.9*). The flaking agree perfectly with that of the discoidal Mousterian cores, but at the same time it differs from them at least on one point. The specimens of the Indian Palaeolithic industries have been flaked bi-facially, while in the case of the European cores it is limited to the dorsal surface only (Bordes, 1961, pp.72-73).