lithic in English

adjective
1
of the nature of or relating to stone.
The excavation of lithic quarry sites presents archaeologists with logistical and analytical problems that are often not encountered at other site types.
2
relating to calculi.

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1. In the fields, a system of agriculture called lithic mulch was employed.

2. The discovery of eight Biface lithic artefacts at Kashiwabara in Japan demonstrates the use of lithic reduction strategies, and suggests that mobile hunter-gatherers on the Japanese Islands were caching artefacts during the Incipient period of Jomon (c

3. In its most basic definition, a Biface is a lithic (stone) artifact that has had flakes removed from both sides of the artifact

4. There are many synonyms of Bouldered which include Craggy, Flinty, Hard, Inflexible, Jagged, Lithic, Pebbly, Petrified, Petrous, Rough, Solid, Lapidarian, etc.

5. Bostrom handaxe Acheulean kalambo falls site, africa northern zambia late Acheulean this is a cast is from lithic casting lab's private collection of casts

6. The earliest of these lithic industries were located within a 30-metre (100 ft) terrace, and were primitive Acheulean, Abbevillian (c

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8. In addition to "blanks" and "preforms," there were many formal types of Bifaces identified in the lithic assemblage from Zatopec

9. A synthesis of 25 years of work, Athapaskan Migrations includes detailed accounts of field research in which the authors emphasize ethnic group identification, settlement patterns, lithic analysis, dendrochronology, and radiocarbon dating.

10. Those sinters are formed of opal-A that replaced microbes, opal-A precipitated as cement, accessory minerals (e.g., kaolinite, jarosite, calcite), biological detritus (e.g., leaves, wood, pollen grains), and lithic detritus.

11. Burin (engraving), a tool with a 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 Places Edit

12. Acheulean technology; bone handaxe; use-wear; core preparation; Early Pleistocene; The Acheulean is the most widespread Paleolithic technological tradition in the Old World, characterized by handaxes, cleavers, and sometimes picks, as well as a range of other smaller artifacts (1 ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ –9).An additional important hallmark of the Acheulean lithic technology is use of

13. A hand axe (or handaxe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history.It is usually made from flint or chert.It is characteristic of the lower Acheulean and middle Palaeolithic periods.Its technical name (biface) comes from the fact that the archetypical model is generally bifacial Lithic flake and almond-shaped (amygdaloidal).

14. A hand axe (or handaxe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history.It is usually made from flint or chert.It is characteristic of the lower Acheulean and middle Palaeolithic periods.Its technical name (biface) comes from the fact that the archetypical model is generally Bifacial Lithic flake and almond-shaped (amygdaloidal).