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In archaeology, a lithic flake is a "portion of rock removed from an objective piece by percussion or pressure,": 255  and may also be referred to as...

images. In archaeology, burin use is often associated with "burin spalls", which are a form of debitage created when toolmakers strike a small flake obliquely...

In archaeology, a flake tool is a type of stone tool that was used during the Stone Age that was created by striking a flake from a prepared stone core...

sometimes used. Experimental archaeology has demonstrated that heated stones are sometimes much easier to flake, with larger flakes being produced in flint...

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...

(2005). "Use life and curation in New Guinea experimental used flakes". Journal of Archaeological Science. 32 (5): 653–663. Bibcode:2005JArSc..32..653S. doi:10...

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...

trimmed by flaking off pieces around the outline of the intended lithic flake. This creates a domed shape on the side of the core, known as a tortoise...

handaxes but with the pointed end truncated away. Flake cleavers have a cutting edge created by a tranchet flake being struck from the primary surface. Cleavers...

In archaeology, a uniface is a specific type of stone tool that has been flaked on one surface only. There are two general classes of uniface tools: modified...

effect of core surface morphology on flake attributes: evidence from a controlled experiment". Journal of Archaeological Science 24:749-756. Morrow, Juliet...

strike stone flakes from a nucleus (core) of material using a hammerstone or similar hard hammer fabricator. If the goal is to produce flakes, the remnant...

individual flake analysis and mass analysis. Another type of artifact analysis is ceramic analysis, which is based around the archaeological study of pottery...

In archaeology, a prismatic blade is a long, narrow, specialized stone flake tool with a sharp edge, like a small razor blade. Prismatic blades are flaked...

In archaeology, a blade is a type of stone tool created by striking a long narrow flake from a stone core. This process of reducing the stone and producing...

so-called "side scrapers" or racloirs, which are made on the longest side of a flake, and notched scrapers, which have a cleft on either side that may have been...

method is often called "core-and-flake". More recently, the tradition has been called "small flake" since the flakes were small compared to subsequent...

widespread stone tool archaeological industry (style) in prehistory. These early tools were simple, usually made by chipping one, or a few, flakes off a stone using...

Standard and guidance for archaeological field evaluation (PDF). Darvill 2009, "underwater archaeology". Darvill 2009, "unifacial flaking". Darvill 2009, "unifacial...

small hammerscale flakes or spheres were most likely not removed. In addition, the distribution of hammerscale within an archaeological feature can be used...