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a method of manufacturing a flint tool by pressing flakes from a stone core with a pointed implement, usually of wood tipped with antler or copper.[1925-30]
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pressure flaking
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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
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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
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
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
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