This contribution summarises the results of a PhD dissertation concerning the reconstruction of Palaeolithic technological processes. The knapping technologies are outlined almost completely; polishing and perforating was studied only in the framework of the Moravian Pavlovian culture.

The knapping technologies were studied on the basis of refitting. The author himself refitted cores from the sites at Stránská Skála (Bohunicien - Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transitional period) and Pavlov II (Pavlovien - Upper Palaeolithic).

The polishing and perforating technologies were analysed with a help of experiment. After study of artefacts the author created a preliminary hypothesis. He then tested the hypothesis and the experimental product has compared with the original finds. Based on the similarity between the original artefacts and the experimentally replicated surfaces, the probable technological sequence of polished artefacts was reconstructed: The limestone raw pebbles were ground while held freely in the hand with sandstone plates. Water was used to clean the surfaces. The technological sequence of making perforations in stone consists of two following operations: gouging and boring. With a flint tool, linear movements are used to gouge a flat pebble from both sides. When the grooves are connected the hole is finished with a rotating movement, again from both sides.