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, Percussion
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A flaking technique which involved the striking of a preform with billet hammerstone or other tool This usually left hinge step fracture
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Flaking, Pressure
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A flaking technique which involved the removal of flakes by pressure against edge a preform with pointed implement or tool such as bone antler
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Flaking, Primary
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Initial flaking usually broad shallow random percussion used to roughly shape a preform into desired outline for tool or projectile
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Flaking, Random
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The removal of flakes with no regard to the resulting aesthetic alignment flake scars
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Flaking, Regular
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The removal of closely aligned flakes similar lengths and widths which result in an aesthetically pleasing flake scar design
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Flaking, Secondary
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Following the primary flaking this technique was applied to remove medium-sized pressure or percussion flakes in shaping blade and basal edges forming notches producing serrations
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flaking-tool (also "flaker")
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any implement used to remove conchoidal flakes by percussion or pressure from a nucleus of suitable material May be pointed antler bone pressure-flaking tool small hammer-stone for
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flesher
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a toothed implement manufactured on an animal long-bone used for scraping hides
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flexed burial
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a human interment where the body is placed in semi-fetal Position with knees drawn up against chest and hands near chin
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flint
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a microcrystalline silicate rock similar to chert, used for the manufacture of flaked stone tools. Color most commonly gray, honey-brown, or black.
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