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The '''prepared-core technique''' is a means of producing [[stone tool]]s by first preparing common [[lithic core|stone cores]] into shapes that lend themselves to [[knapping]] off flakes that closely resemble the desired tool and require only minor touch-ups to be usable.
In contrast to the production of core tools like [[handaxes]], where cores themselves were the end product shaped and trimmed down by removal of flakes, in prepared-core technique large flakes are the product and the core is used to produce them. This shift made it faster and more resource-efficient, as multiple tools could be struck from a single piece of starting material.<ref>{{cite web|title=Middle Paleolithic Tool Technologies|url=http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/stsmith/classes/anth3/courseware/LithicTech/8_Middle_Paleolithic_Tool.html|publisher=University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Anthropology|access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref>
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