- In archaeology, a
tranchet flake is a
characteristic type of
flake removed by a
flintknapper during lithic reduction.
Known as one of the
major categories...
- A
tranchet axe is a
lithic tool made by
removing a flake, known, when
using this method, as a
tranchet flake,
parallel to the
final intended cutting edge...
-
pointed end
truncated away.
Flake cleavers have a
cutting edge
created by a
tranchet flake being struck from the
primary surface. Cleavers,
found in many Acheulean...
- flakes. Some
Acheulean tools were
sharpened instead by the
removal of a
tranchet flake. This was
struck from the
lateral edge of the hand-axe
close to the...
- obtruncate, obtruncation, omnitruncation, retrench, retrenchment, tranche,
tranchet, trench, trenchancy, trenchant, truncate, truncation, truncheon, trunk...
- Kulkuletti.
Because of a
unique production process that uses what are
called “
tranchet blows”, Tiya
tools might also
belong to the same time span as
these other...
- side-notched),
finely denticulated sickle-blades, burins, s****ers, a few
tranchet axes, obsidian, and
green obsidian from an
unknown source.
There were also...
- the
Colne Valley during the
Mesolithic have been discovered,
including a
tranchet axe from Middlewick. In the 1980s an
archaeological inventory showed that...
-
floodplains for
settlement and
resource procurement.
Three Mesolitihic tranchet axes were
discovered during construction of the
Hampton Waterworks. Evidence...
- side-notched),
finely denticulated sickle-blades, burins, s****ers, a few
tranchet axes, obsidian, and
green obsidian from an
unknown source.
There were also...
