Itshe eliyindilinga eliqinile elivela edwaleni elinezinhlamvu ezicolekile (i-granite, i-quartzite, noma i-basalt), elisetshenziswa njengethuluzi lokushaya eliphathwa ngesandla. Uhlobo lwethuluzi olulukhulu kunazo zonke esilaziyo — kusukela esikhathini se-Early Palaeolithic lisetshenziselwa ukuqopha amatshe omlilo, ukugqula amatshe anensimbi, ukugaya imibala, nayo yonke imisebenzi yokushaya.