percussion flaking

percussion flaking
a method of forming a flint tool by striking flakes from a stone core with another stone or a piece of bone or wood.

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  • percussion flaking — noun : the shaping of a stone implement by striking or chipping off flakes with another stone or a piece of wood, bone, or antler compare pressure flaking * * * a method of forming a flint tool by striking flakes from a stone core with another… …   Useful english dictionary

  • pressure flaking — noun Etymology: flaking from gerund of flake : the shaping of a stone implement by pressing off flakes with a pointed stick or bone compare percussion flaking * * * a method of manufacturing a flint tool by pressing flakes from a stone core with… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lithic reduction — The Levallois technique of flint knapping Lithic reduction involves the use of a hard hammer precursor, such as a hammerstone, a soft hammer fabricator (made of wood, bone or antler), or a wood or antler punch to detach lithic flakes from a lump… …   Wikipedia

  • Clovis point — A Clovis projectile point created using bifacial percussion flaking (that is, each face is flaked on both edges alternatively with a percussor) Image courtesy of the Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources. Clovis points are the characteristically… …   Wikipedia

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  • hammer stone — /ˈhæmə stoʊn/ (say hamuh strohn) noun Archaeology a stone used as a hammer in percussion flaking to make a stone artefact …  

  • hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …   Universalium

  • flake tool — a Paleolithic or later stone tool made from a flake struck from a larger core. [1945 50] * * * Stone Age devices, usually flint (see chert and flint), shaped by flaking off small particles or by breaking off a large flake to use as a tool.… …   Universalium

  • Oldowan — The Stone Age This box: view · talk · edit ↑ before Homo (Pliocene) …   Wikipedia

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