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Portion of rock removed from an objective piece by percussion or pressure
archaeology, a lithic flake is a "portion of rock removed from an objective piece by percussion or pressure," and may also be referred to as simply a flake, or collectively
Lithic_flake
Stone age tool
chisel" or modern engraving burin) is a type of stone tool, a handheld lithic flake with a chisel-like edge which prehistoric humans used for carving or
Burin_(lithic_flake)
Process of fashioning stones or rocks into tools and weapons
piece of the debitage, a flake removed from a previous operation to make a larger tool. The selected piece is called the lithic core (also known as the
Lithic_reduction
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up lithic or lithics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lithic may refer to: Relating to stone tools Lithic analysis, the analysis of stone tools
Lithic
Type of stone tool
removal of a lithic flake from a larger stone in order to reach the desired tool shape and size. The beginning stone is called the flake lithic core. There
Flake_tool
Distinctive type of stone knapping technique used by ancient humans
sophisticated than earlier methods of lithic reduction, involving the striking of lithic flakes from a prepared lithic core. A striking platform is formed
Levallois_technique
Scientific analysis of chipped stone artifacts
lithic analysis is the analysis of stone tools and other chipped stone artifacts using basic scientific techniques. At its most basic level, lithic analyses
Lithic_analysis
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Flake or flake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flake or Flakes may refer to: Christian "Flake" Lorenz, German musician and member of the band
Flake
In archaeology, a stone artifact left over from toolmaking
In archaeology, a lithic core is a distinctive artifact that results from the practice of lithic reduction. In this sense, a core is the scarred nucleus
Lithic_core
Prehistoric period in the Americas
specific time terms, such as Early Lithic stage or Early Paleo-Indians, and Middle Paleo-Indians or Middle Lithic stage. Examples include the Clovis culture
Lithic_stage
Stone tool
bifacial (with two wide sides or faces) and almond-shaped (amygdaloid) lithic flake. Hand axes tend to be symmetrical along their longitudinal axis and formed
Hand_axe
Period of technological development
stones like chert, quartz, or obsidian. Blades are a specialized type of lithic flake that are at least twice as long as they are wide. An alternate method
Microblade_technology
via a splitting process known as lithic reduction. One simple form of reduction is to strike stone flakes from a lithic core of material using a hammerstone
Stone_tool
Ancient production techniques
such, it is typically the flakes, or debitage, that are the basis for stone tools. The flakes are shaped using the lithic reduction techniques, allowing
Lithic_technology
Characteristic in archaeology
percussion or simply bulb of force) is a defining characteristic of a lithic flake. Bulb of applied force was first correctly described by Sir John Evans
Bulb_of_applied_force
Archeological term; material produced during the process of lithic reduction
of lithic reduction – the production of stone tools and weapons by knapping stone. This assemblage may include the different kinds of lithic flakes and
Debitage
Classification term given to the first peoples who entered the American continents
the Americas. Archeologists and anthropologists use surviving crafted lithic flaked tools to classify cultural periods. Paleoindians lived alongside and
Paleo-Indians
Type of stone tool
archaeology, a lithic blade is a type of stone tool created during lithic reduction by striking a long narrow flake from a stone core. Lithic blades are generally
Lithic_blade
Lithic scatter consists primarily of lithic flakes and other stone tool use remnants. Scatter occurs in surface areas that have often been disturbed by
Lithic_scatter
Human-made markings on natural stone
through incision, or scratching, into the surface of the stone with a lithic flake or metal blade. The motifs produced using this technique are fine-lined
Rock_art
Surface on a lithic flake on which the detachment blow falls
the archaeological study of lithic reduction, the striking platform is the surface on the proximal portion of a lithic flake on which the detachment blow
Striking_platform
Prehistoric wooden spear tip
the "Clactonian industry", which shows evidence of the production of lithic flake and core tools, but with little evidence for the production of handaxes
Clacton_Spear
orientation to the flake margin. Retouch is often taken as one of the most obvious features distinguishing a tool from a waste by-product of lithic manufacture
Retouch_(lithics)
Shaping of conchoidal fracturing stone to manufacture stone tools
chert is worked using a fabricator such as a hammerstone to remove lithic flakes from a nucleus or core of tool stone. Stone tools can then be further
Knapping
Waste product from manufacture of lithic tools
expected for parsimonious lithic resource exploitation. A microburin is a fragment of a lithic flake, or more precisely, of a lithic blade, that shows on its
Microburin
Prehistoric stone tool
hammerstone is a hard cobble used to strike off lithic flakes from a lump of tool stone during the process of lithic reduction. The hammerstone is a rather universal
Hammerstone
National Historic Site of Tanzania
information about early hominins comes from tools and debris piles of lithic flakes from such sites as FLK-Zinjanthropus in Olduvai Gorge. Early hominins
Olduvai_Gorge
archeological sites in Canada. Ice Age hunter-gatherers of this period left lithic flake fluted stone tools and the remains of large butchered mammals. The North
History_of_Canada
Archaic agricultural implement for separating cereals from their straw
curved upward (like a sled or sledge) and whose bottom is covered with lithic flakes or razor-like metal blades. One form, once common by the Mediterranean
Threshing_board
Archaic human from Luzon, Philippines
skeleton, six lithic cores, forty-nine lithic flakes, and two hammerstones, were found at the Rizal site. Some cores and the used lithic raw material show
Homo_luzonensis
Topics referred to by the same term
RNA Termination type, in lithic reduction, a characteristic indicating the manner in which the distal end of a lithic flake detaches from a core Chain
Termination
Overview of and topical guide to prehistoric technology
Tool stone Lithic flake Lithic core Lithic reduction Tranchet flake Langdale axe industry Bow and arrow#History Chopping tool Cupstone Bann flake Bare Island
Outline of prehistoric technology
Outline_of_prehistoric_technology
Classification of European archaeology
"flake and core" industry distinguished from the Acheulean from its lack of use of handaxes. The cores were used as choppers. The shapes of the lithic
Clactonian
Archaeological culture
purposes. The process is often called lithic reduction. The chip removed by the blow is the flake. Some of these flakes can be used as tools, provided the
Oldowan
Archaeological site in California, United States
The stone tools of these industries, along with preforms, lithic core, technical flakes, and pieces of angular debitage, mainly of chalcedony, are found
Calico_Early_Man_Site
American archaeologist (1948–2017)
debitage from the creation of lithic cores. Their conclusion was that flakes themselves were the desired tool in lithic reduction, which was supported
Lawrence_H._Keeley
In lithic analysis (a subdivision of archaeology), an eraillure is a flake removed from a lithic flake's bulb of force, which is a lump left on the ventral
Eraillure
Stone hand-tool
technically designated as "modified flakes," for lithic analysis purposes a modified flake is usually defined as a lithic flake with one or more edges that were
Uniface
Prehistoric period before metal tools
different dates in different areas; the oldest period is the similarly named Lithic stage. The Stone Age is contemporaneous with the evolution of the genus
Stone_Age
Surface site in Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan
late Acheulean period. The tools included pebble tools, bifaces and lithic flakes that were suggested to be amongst the oldest evidence of human occupation
Barda_Balka
Prehistorical period of Southeastern Europe
of that time made relatively advanced bone and lithic tools (i.e. end-scrapers, blade lets, and flakes). The single site with materials related to the
Prehistory of Southeast Europe
Prehistory_of_Southeast_Europe
American Paleolithic archaeologist
the Lower and Middle Paleolithic. Lithic Technology 24(1):38-52. McPherron, S. P. and H. L. Dibble. 2000. The Lithic Assemblages of Pech de l'Aze IV (Dordogne
Harold_L._Dibble
Typological classification of stone tools
typological classification of stone tools. An industry consists of a number of lithic assemblages, typically including a range of different types of tools, that
Industry_(archaeology)
Topics referred to by the same term
defined based on the fluid's critical point Lithic reduction, in Stone Age toolmaking, to detach lithic flakes from a lump of tool stone Noise reduction
Reduction
Characteristic in lithic reduction
In lithic reduction, termination type is a characteristic indicating the manner in which the distal end of a lithic flake detaches from a core (Andrefsky
Termination_type
Pre-Neanderthal population in Spain
In GIIa (the older part), the tool assemblage is primarily simple lithic flakes followed by retouched tools and unmodified cobble. Retouched tools were
Sima_de_los_Huesos_hominins
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
Tranchet_flake
New World prehistoric projectile
identify which lithic tradition they come from. Clovis type description: Clovis is a comparatively large and heavy bifacially flaked fluted lanceolate
Clovis_point
prehistoric archaeologists often rely on significantly diminished counts of lithic flake debitage to assess the excavation unit's trend toward natural stratigraphy
Natural_(archaeology)
Type of flint tool
Ksar Akil Flake is an oval type of Lithic flake with fine, regular teeth at frequent intervals. The flint tool is named after the archaeological site
Ksar_Akil_flake
Early Transylvania
mystery. If the discovery of an Acheulean lithic item at Căpușu Mic, Cluj County, and of several Pre-Mousterian lithic items at Tălmaciu, Sibiu County, are
Prehistory_of_Transylvania
Historic house in Ohio, United States
in 2005; the latter project recovered only a couple of insignificant lithic flakes from an unidentified prehistoric period. Grant Boyhood Home, Georgetown
Grant_Birthplace
Earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic
2000s, the Oldowan or Mode 1 horizon, long considered the oldest type of lithic industry, is now considered to have developed from about 2.6 million years
Lower_Paleolithic
Prehistoric tool type
unifacial tools thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking. Many lithic analysts maintain that the only true scrapers are defined on the base of
Scraper_(archaeology)
Topics referred to by the same term
narrow sharp face at the tip used for engraving and other purposes Burin (lithic flake), a type of Stone Age tool with a chisel-like edge Burin, Nablus, a village
Burin
Extinct small human species found in Flores
metatarsals. The cave yielded over ten thousand stone artefacts, mainly lithic flakes, surprising considering H. floresiensis's small brain. This has led
Homo_floresiensis
Archaeological culture associated with Homo erectus
The Mode 1 industries created rough flake tools by hitting a suitable stone with a hammerstone. The resulting flake that broke off would have a natural
Acheulean
Rock shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
pre-Still Bay occupation had a lithic flake-based industry and made few tools. The Still Bay occupation, in addition to such flakes, made bifacial tools and
Sibudu_Cave
Homo erectus fossil
cleaved out), 9% chopping tools, 7% rabots (a chopper made out of a lithic flake rather than a core), 4% bifaces (hand axes), 3% unifaces, and 0.8% polyhedron-
Tautavel_Man
Biface stone tool
There is also a chronological gap between the two lithic assemblages of the early core and flake techniques to the later Acheulian. Central France shows
Cleaver_(Stone_Age_tool)
Capital and most populous city of Mexico
(link) The evidence consists of a burial in the first case, and of lithic flakes associated with remains of extinct fauna. They were estimated to be
Mexico_City
Natural mummy of a man
et al. read "The Iceman lithic assemblage. a) Dagger, b) Endscraper, c) Borer, d) Arrowhead 14, e) Arrowhead 12, f) Small flake." The text of Wierer et
Ötzi
Period in African prehistory
2: Tools made through bifacial reduction produced from large flakes or cores Mode 3: Flake tools from prepared cores Mode 4: Punch-struck blades that are
Late_Stone_Age
Upper Paleolithic site in Lebanon
contained Upper Levallois-Mousterian remains with long and triangular Lithic flakes. The level above this showed industries accounting for all six stages
Ksar_Akil
History of the English county
also says: "Lithic material from Kirkhead Cave near Grange ... has been dated to ... c. 11000–9500 BC" (See: Lithic flake). Other lithic blades were found
History_of_Cumbria
History of Cumbria before 100 AD
he also says: "Lithic material from Kirkhead Cave near Grange...has been dated to... c.11000-9500 BC" (See: Lithic flake). Other lithic blades were found
Prehistoric_Cumbria
Archaeological site in Morocco
modern developmental pattern." The stone tool/lithic assemblage has been associated with Mousterian lithic assemblages, but more recently has been described
Jebel_Irhoud
Archaeological site in Penghu, Taiwan
ago. The environments of the four prehistoric lithic workshops are as follows: Nankang Prehistoric Lithic Workshop Site: It is located at the coastal roadside
Chimei_lithic_workshops
Type of edged stone tool
A tranchet axe is a lithic tool made by removing a flake, known as a tranchet flake, from a larger stone. The flake is removed parallel to the final intended
Tranchet_axe
Native people of Monterey County, California
Archeologists have found a stemmed biface, lithic flakes, shell beads, and non-human bones, as well as shell, bone, flaked stone, fire-affected rock, charred
Salinan
Archaeological culture
industry evolved a high and unified standard with small and flake axes, long lithic flakes (knives), and arrow heads. However, tools of many materials
Ertebølle_culture
Archaeological hypothesis
Archaeologists recovered a proto-handaxe, bifacial cleaver, prepared cores, and lithic flakes manufactured from locally sourced chert associated with quarrying and
Movius_Line
Archaeological culture
is one of many different lithic cultures in Southeast Asia that are abundantly available in Sub-Himalayas. Many unifacial flake tools belonging to the Hoabinhians
Soanian
River in Spain
including centripetally knapped lithic cores, others displaying non-arranged lithic reduction, as well as lithic flakes characteristic of both the Levallois
Trabancos_(river)
Prehistoric archaeological site in northern Israel
stages of chipping. Most of the fracturing products on the site are lithic flakes, something that characterizes the Natufian culture and the cultures
Nahal_Ein_Gev_II
Pleistocene epoch. The time period derives its name from the appearance of "Lithic flaked" stone tools. Stone tools, particularly projectile points and scrapers
History_of_the_Americas
Prehistoric culture in northern Europe
lake Finja in northern Scania. Almost all tools were made of sturdy lithic flakes. The tools were awls (sticklar), scrapers, and tanged points. Stone
Bromme_culture
Prehistoric stone tool quarry in Peru
and uncovered large quantities of debris of lithic artifact production, initially interpreted as lithic instruments (hand axes, spearheads, scrapers
Chivateros
Museum in Midori, Japan
arrowheads, eight blades, four tools for cutting wood, and many lithic flakes and lithic cores. The stone tools found in this layer are smaller than those
Iwajuku_Site
and fishing. Among remains found on these sites are chopping tools, lithic flakes, hand axes as well as some objects made of bone. The older middens have
History_of_Chiloé
Archaeological site in Japan
small amount of scrapers (flake tools) and knife-shaped stone tools, and a large amount of lithic cores and lithic flakes generated during production
Tanamukaihara
Extinct species of mammoth that inhabited North America
Tocuila, Mexico, mammoth bones were quarried 13,000 years ago to produce lithic flakes and cores. At the Lange-Ferguson Site in South Dakota, the remains of
Columbian_mammoth
A Bann flake is a large, butt-trimmed, leaf-shaped lithic blade of flint or chert, dating from the Late Mesolithic period of prehistoric Ireland, from
Bann_flake
Prehistoric culture in the Americas c. 11,100–10,800 BCE
culture is the distinctively shaped lithic point known as the Clovis point. Clovis points are bifacial (having flakes removed from both faces) and typically
Clovis_culture
Type of stone tool
denticulate tools only made up a small number of the lithic tools found at this site. The lithic tools found at this site were made from local non-flint
Denticulate_tool
Type of stone tool
pebble tool with an irregular cutting edge formed through the removal of flakes from one side of a stone. Choppers are crude forms of stone tool and are
Chopper_(archaeology)
Archaeological type site
significantly with the number of stone tools at the village: lithic cores, bifaces, scrapers, lithic flakes, and other types of stone tools together only amounted
Spring_Creek_Site
First stage of the Upper Paleolithic
IUP lithic assemblages from Bacho Kiro Cave (Bulgaria), a key reference site for the period, reveals that these groups practiced a curated lithic economy
Initial_Upper_Paleolithic
Australian archaeologist
to lithic analysis. He has produced major works developing and refining indices of reduction for retouched flakes. In addition to his work on lithic technology
Peter_Hiscock
Crescent or moon-shaped microlith
terminology of lithic reduction, a lunate flake is a small, crescent-shaped flake removed from a stone tool during the process of pressure flaking. In the Natufian
Lunate
Ancient settlement in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
being carried out on-site, including pottery firing, bone working, lithic flaking, stone grinding and bead drilling. The diverse range of terracotta figurines
Sheri_Khan_Tarakai
Archaeological site in Minnesota, US
Surface collection south of the mounds found additional sherds and 19 lithic flakes. All the recovered ceramics were tempered with grit rather than shell
Schilling Archeological District
Schilling_Archeological_District
spelling] Upper Levalloiso-Mousterian remains with long and triangular lithic flakes. The level above this showed industries accounting for all six stages
History_of_Lebanon
Possible Upper Paleolithic archaeological site in Zacatecas, Mexico
kilometer higher than the valley below. Stones discovered here, thought to be lithic artifacts, have been dated to 26,000 years ago based on more than 50 samples
Chiquihuite_cave
Extinct species of mammoth
with stone tools (in the latter site of the Acheulean type), primarily lithic flakes. At Barranc de la Boella, some rib bones possibly bear cut marks, with
Mammuthus_meridionalis
Archaeological site in Michigan, US
projectile points, knives, drills, end scrapers and side scrapers, and lithic flakes Ground stone – including sharpening stones, a celt, a gorget, an adze
Fort_Wayne_mound_site
Archaeological site in Tokyo, Japan
naifu-gata sekki). The excavated assemblage includes burins, side-scrapers, lithic flakes, and backed points. The site was designated a historic site of Tokyo
Moro_Site
Prehistoric cemetery site in the Nile Valley
greater sciatic notch, has a lithic fragment embedded in the incision. The laminated aspect of the bone overlying the flake suggests there was an attempt
Jebel_Sahaba
Lake in south County Leitrim, Ireland
000 – c. 4000BC. Archaeological finds from Lough Scur include five Lithic flakes, a polished shale axe, a dolerite axe roughout, and a piece of leather
Lough_Scur
Analysis of traces of use in archeology
in lithic assemblages by ethnographic and ethnoarchaeological studies. Basic edge damage types include step fractures, snap fractures, micro-flake scars
Use-wear_analysis
LITHIC FLAKE
LITHIC FLAKE
Boy/Male
Hebrew, Indian, Malayalam, Tamil
Undefeatable; Gold; Always the Conqueror; Winner
Boy/Male
Hindu
Master of the right way, Master of the right path, Principle
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Latin
Honest.
Girl/Female
Teutonic
Noble humor.
Surname or Lastname
Polish, German, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic)
Polish, German, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from Polish litwin, an ethnic name for someone from Lithuania (Polish Litwa, Lithuanian Lietuva, a word of uncertain etymology, perhaps a derivative of the river name Leità ). In the 14th century Lithuania was an independent grand duchy which extended from the Baltic to the shores of the Black Sea. It was united with Poland in 1569, and was absorbed into the Russian empire in 1795. The region referred to as Lite in Ashkenazic culture encompassed not only Lithuania but also Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, parts of northern Ukraine, and parts of northeastern Poland.English : from an Old English personal name, Lēohtwine, composed of the elements lēoht ‘light’, ‘bright’ + wine ‘friend’.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Undefeatable
Girl/Female
Greek
Forgetful.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Governor, Moment in time
Boy/Male
Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Beautiful Like Pearl
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Cute and Perfect
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Bithiah, BITHIA means "daughter of God."
Boy/Male
Hindu
Exciting
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Master of Justice
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Kingdom
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
King; Way to Right Path; Leader of Good Way
Boy/Male
Hindu
From the heart, Stream
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
English, Latin
King; Emperor
LITHIC FLAKE
LITHIC FLAKE
Girl/Female
Indian
Pinnacle
Boy/Male
Australian, Polish
Will; Desire; Helmet; Protection; Resolute Protector; Will Helmet; Will Protect
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Ear ring
Boy/Male
Tamil
Hitansh is the wish for our happiness and favorable
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Delight; Pleasure; Cheerful
Girl/Female
Arabic
Wish
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Small
Boy/Male
Scandinavian Swedish Teutonic
Peaceful ruler.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Whisper
LITHIC FLAKE
LITHIC FLAKE
LITHIC FLAKE
LITHIC FLAKE
LITHIC FLAKE
n.
The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic similar to potash and soda, but weaker. See Lithium.
a.
Mild; calm; as, lithe weather.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon; as, citric acid.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid.
a.
See Sothic.
a.
Of or pertaining to stone; as, lithic architecture.
n.
A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.
n.
The language of the Lettic race, including Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian.
a.
Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous.
a.
Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds.
prep.
In the inner or interior part of; inside of; not without; as, within doors.
a.
Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.
a.
Having the nature and qualities of glass; glasslike; -- distinguished from ceramic.
a.
Pertaining to the formation of uric-acid concretions (stone) in the bladder and other parts of the body; as, lithic diathesis.
adv.
In the house; in doors; as, the master is within.
a.
See Mythic.
n.
The style described in Gothic, a., 2.
n.
See Litchi.
prep.
In the limits or compass of; not further in length than; as, within five miles; not longer in time than; as, within an hour; not exceeding in quantity; as, expenses kept within one's income.
n.
The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form.