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[[File:Preferential Levallois method.jpg|thumbnail|An example of Preferential Levallois flake and core.]]
The fact of the matter is that the ''Levallois'' Method is a term, which has a different meaning according to context. <!--For Boëda (1988, 1995) --> The ''Levallois'' Method concerns the productivity of a Levallois surface, which can be exploited according to a "lineal" or "preferential" method with the production of a single ''Levallois'' product, or which can be exploited according to a recurrent method with the production of several ''Levallois'' products. The lineal or preferential Levallois method corresponds best to the classic definition of ''Levallois'' <!-- (e.g., Bordes 1980) -->(see the right illustration). The recurrent ''Levallois'' method <!-- (Boëda 1988, 1995) --> can be unipolar, with only one striking platform, bipolar, with opposed striking platforms, or centripetal, with two or more adjacent striking platforms. The unipolar, bipolar or centripetal recurrent ''Levallois'' technique is marked by the detachment of a series of large ''Levallois'' flakes, such that the preceding removals ready the surface for the subsequent ones, thus eliminating the need for extensive repreparation. The centripetal recurrent ''Levallois'' technique also includes pseudo-''Levallois'' points and sometimes side-struck pieces as well. <!--For Bordes (1961a,b, 1980) and Van Peer (1992, 1995) --> In some contexts, on the other hand, the ''Levallois'' Method denotes the specific organisation of scars and ridges on a ''Levallois'' surface, with one method focusing on the production of flakes and the other method focussing on the production of points. Contrary to Boëda <!-- (1998, 1995) -->, Van Peer <!--(1992)--> further concludes that the recurrent bipolar and centripetal ''Levallois'' methods do not exist. Only the notion of one preferential striking platform is the most essential characteristic of the true ''Levallois'' reduction strategy. Van Peer <!--(1992)--> also claims that a separate ''Levallois'' method for blade reduction does not exist either.
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