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The Rohri Flint Quarries

Bladelets

Some of the narrow bladelets discarded by Harappan flint-knappers are only 2-3 millimeters wide. Bladelets were later retouched into insturments in the Indus Valley cities. They were often shaped into microdrills for piercing stone and shell beads.

Raw Materials
Chert
Rohri
Photograph
Paolo Biagi
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