The term "Soan Culture" was first used by Hellmut De Terra in 1936,[12] but D. N. Wadia had identified the presence of these archaeological implements in 1928.[13] Further archaeological research was conducted by Stephen Lycett in order to determine the morphometric assessment of the Soanian techno-complex. The result of this experiment concluded that the Soanian techno-complex contains a Mode 3 Levallois technique core component.[3]