The Perigordian culture was named after a region located in Southwestern France called Perigord (Aggarwal). Blade tools played a major role this culture. In the lower part of the Perigordian culture, the blade tools in this culture are characterized as having large curved points with blunted backs (Guisepi). The blade tools kept evolving from each other. In the upper part of the Perigordian culture, straight points, with blunted backs, which were called Gravitate points were the new style of blade tools (Guisepi). Burin tools also had an impact in this culture. Burin tools are narrow gouging chisels that are used to shape other instruments, such as animal bones (O’Neil). These blade tools could have been used by modern day humans for essentially everything, because of their ability to penetrate through objects. The next culture in the Upper Paleolithic Era is the
The Perigordian culture was named after a region located in Southwestern France called Perigord (Aggarwal). Blade tools played a major role this culture. In the lower part of the Perigordian culture, the blade tools in this culture are characterized as having large curved points with blunted backs (Guisepi). The blade tools kept evolving from each other. In the upper part of the Perigordian culture, straight points, with blunted backs, which were called Gravitate points were the new style of blade tools (Guisepi). Burin tools also had an impact in this culture. Burin tools are narrow gouging chisels that are used to shape other instruments, such as animal bones (O’Neil). These blade tools could have been used by modern day humans for essentially everything, because of their ability to penetrate through objects. The next culture in the Upper Paleolithic Era is the