Archaeology Glossary Terms
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Archaeology glossary is a comprehensive guide which provides meanings of popular terminology used in archaeology. It is particularly a valuable source for the people who term themselves as beginners in the field of archaeology.
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Flaking, Biface
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Bevel This flaking technique involved the removal of elongate steep pressure or percussion flakes just opposite each other from an edge to form a biface bevel and often serrations
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Flaking, Chevron
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A V-shaped flaking pattern which extended beyond the distal tip along much or all of one both faces a blade
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Flaking, Early Archaic Percussion-Pressure
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A type of flaking in which the Preform was shaped by percussion The blade edges were ground to prepare a surface for removal elongate pressure flakes may have taken form alternate uniface bevel biface serration or irregular
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Flaking, Flat
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The removal of thin flakes by striking the artifact at a small angle to plane face
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Flaking, Flint
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Creek A characteristic flaking style of the culture which was accomplished by removing regular deep elongate opposing pressure flakes from blade edges The application this usually resulted in formation very fine biface serrations
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Flaking, Horizontal
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Transverse A unique flaking style where horizontal parallel flakes are removed that extend from one edge of the blade across to other
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Flaking, Oblique
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Transverse A unique flaking style in which the removal of flakes from a blade face results long diagonal parallel flake scars extend one side across to other
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Flaking, Opposing
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Flakes were struck just opposite each other from opposing faces
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Flaking, Opposing
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Pressure In finishing blade edges pressure flakes were removed from each face opposite of other
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Flaking, Parallel
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A K Collateral secondary flaking technique that is often found on the earliest projectile points and stone tools usually performed blade faces in which removal of flakes was such a manner to remove similar size depth length direction result flake scars are parallel Typically mark well accomplished flint knapper Such only few specimens can be quite aesthetically beautiful behold
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