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90RoyFigure 9a. Mixed tools from Manadei.1.Point-cum-chopper (9.4x7x4.3 cm) 2.Point(10.5x7x4.6 cm) 3.Point (10x6x3.2 cm)4.Chopper-cum-scraper (8.3x6.8x2.5 cm)5.Point/discarded core (5x4.8x3.9 cm) 6. Scraperin microliths (5x2.3x0.4 cm) 7.Scraper inmicroliths (5.7x2.3x0.7 cm)Figure 9b. Mixed tools from Partala. 1. Flake(3.5x2x0.8 cm) 2.Flake (4.8x1.2x0.8 cm)3.Flake (5.7x2.2x0.5 cm) 4.Large tool/Choppertype (10.5x9.4x2 cm) 5.Core (6.5x5x5.5 cm)Figure 9c. Mixed tools from Gullukho. 1.Cleave type (13.8x10.5x5 cm) 2.A heavyscraper (12x9.3x4 cm) 3.Flake (10x6x2.5 cm) 4.A polished and perforated stone object(6.5x2.7x1 cm) 5.Stone drill-bit (microlith) from Gullukho prehistoric site side-by-sidemodern metallic drill-bit shown for comparisonmixed types (Figures 9a-9c). In Manadei, large core tools andtypologically Middle Paleolithic flakes and blades literally outnumberedthe microlithic remains. And many of the large tools recovered fromManadei are thickly patinated leaving the working edge beyondrecognition, which denote their greater antiquity in comparison to therelatively fresh microliths found in the same site under similar exposedcondition. Many large tools, however, are found equally fresh. A broad