- archaeology, a
blade is a type of
stone tool
created by
striking a long
narrow flake from a
stone core. This
process of
reducing the
stone and
producing the...
-
greater control over the size and
shape of the
final flake which would then be emplo**** as a s****er or
knife although the
technique could also be
adapted to...
- micro-
flaking. This step
produces the
sharpness of the blade.
Details of the
blade Gebel el-Arak
knife, ripple-
flaked side of the
blade Gebel el-Arak
knife...
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lithic flake is a "portion of rock
removed from an
objective piece by
percussion or pressure,": 255 and may also be
referred to as
simply a
flake, or collectively...
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choppers had been used to
butcher the mammoths. At the same site, a
flake knife made from a long
mammoth bone was also
found wedged against mammoth vertebrae...
- chisel" or
modern engraving burin) is a type of
stone tool, a
handheld lithic flake with a chisel-like edge
which prehistoric humans used for
carving or finishing...
-
flakes, of
which a
variety of
tools can be made, or to
rough out a
blank for
later refinement into a
projectile point,
knife, or
other object.
Flakes...
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remaining bones. If the fish is
served already without bones,
knife is used to "
flake" the
pieces onto the fork, its use can be
avoided altogether ("American...
- when he
found Bronze Age pottery,
human and
animal bones, and a stone-
flake knife of
Langdale stone. In
January 2023 it was
reported that
human bone and...
- from a
flint flake and
looks like a
large s****er. As well as
being used for s****ing
hides and bark, it may also have been used as a
knife.
Racloirs are...