• lithic analysis is the analysis of stone tools and other chipped stone artifacts using basic scientific techniques. At its most basic level, lithic analyses...
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    many archaeological industries are identified almost entirely by the lithic analysis of the precise style of their tools and the chaîne opératoire of the...
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    Bowling analysis – Analysis of the performance of cricket players Lithic analysis – the analysis of stone tools using basic scientific techniques Lithic analysis...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    process of lithic analysis: petrographic analysis, neutron activation, x-ray fluorescence, particle-induced x-ray emission, individual flake analysis and mass...
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    Debitage (category Lithics)
    process of lithic reduction – the production of stone tools and weapons by knapping stone. This assemblage may include the different kinds of lithic flakes...
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  • Bulb of applied force (category Lithics)
    In lithic analysis, a subdivision of archaeology, a bulb of applied force (also known as a bulb of percussion or simply bulb of force) is a defining characteristic...
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    popular one. His view was based on what may be the first in-depth lithic analysis of the objects in his collection, which led him to believe that they...
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    Chaîne opératoire (category Lithics)
    chaîne opératoire was born out of archaeologists' interest in elevating lithic analysis beyond simple typology. Building an object's chaîne opératoire is an...
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  • Cortex (archaeology) (category Lithics)
    In lithic analysis in archaeology, the cortex is the outer layer of rock formed on the exterior of raw materials by chemical and mechanical weathering...
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  • hypothesized the use of resin on hafted tools, though sedimentary analysis and lithic analysis contradict this theory; there is inconclusive evidence for both...
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  • Eraillure (category Lithics)
    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...
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    ISSN 0263-0338. Tryon, Christian A. (April 2006). ""Early" Middle Stone Age Lithic Technology of the Kapthurin Formation (Kenya)". Current Anthropology. 47...
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    be removed from polyhedral blade cores, another common lithic feature of Paleo-Indian lithic culture. Prismatic blades are often triangular in cross...
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    diagnostics of date, rather than characterizing the people or the society. Lithic analysis is a major and specialised form of archaeological investigation. It...
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  • Lithic scatter consists primarily of lithic flakes and other stone tool use remnants. Scatter occurs in surface areas that have often been disturbed by...
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    Projectile point (category Lithics)
    prehistoric trade. A distinctive form of point, identified though lithic analysis of the way it was made, is often a key diagnostic factor in identifying...
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    2023). "Lithic Material Use In Late Prehistoric San Diego County" (PDF). YOHE, ROBERT M. (1998). "The Introduction of the Bow and Arrow and Lithic Resource...
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  • Uniface (category Lithics)
    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...
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    activation analysis (NAA) on the obsidian found at this site helped to reveal trade routes and exchange networks previously unknown. Lithic analysis helps...
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    people making and using the distinctive Clovis "point" and its associated lithic technology were the first to arrive about 13,500 calendar years ago and...
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  • the development of new methods of conservation Techniques such as lithic analysis, archaeometallurgy, paleoethnobotany, palynology and zooarchaeology...
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  • definitions) by Bill Dickinson in 1970. Lithic fragments can be derived from sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic rocks. A lithic fragment is defined using the Gazzi-Dickinson...
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  • Sub-discipline of Archaeology Calceology – Study of footwear Lithic analysis – Scientific analysis of chipped stone artifacts Folklore research Numismatics –...
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  • robbing Ground-penetrating radar Harris matrix Law of superposition Lithic analysis Post excavation Projectile point Radiocarbon dating Relationship Seriation...
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  • months at the Lithic Laboratory of the Ohio Historical Society. It was during this period that Crabtree was called upon as an advisor in lithic studies to...
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  • In archaeology, lithic technology includes a broad array of techniques used to produce usable tools from various types of stone. The earliest stone tools...
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    Obsidian use in Mesoamerica (category Lithics)
    significant contributor to Mesoamerica's lack of metallurgy. Lithic and contextual analysis of obsidian, including source studies, are important components...
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  • chalcedony, obsidian, basalt, and quartzite via a splitting process known as lithic reduction. One simple form of reduction is to strike stone flakes from a...
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