Manufacturing snaps can occur in many different ways. Some examples of these are:
-snaps from buckling of the artifact during detachment from the core (Cotterell & Kammiga 1987, 700)
-breaks that occur during attempts to truncate the artifact, called languette fractures (Lenoir 1975; Roche & Tixier, 1982, 71)
-damage that occurs when inappropriate amounts of force are applied to an artifact.
An example of this is transverse snaps which occur during the application of retouch, particularly from pressure flaking (Roche & Tixier, 1982, 69). Manufacturing snaps are often caused by inadequate core preparation or the application of inappropriate amounts of force, however, faults in the raw material can also be the culprit.