microburin

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Etymology

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From micro- +‎ burin.

Noun

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microburin (plural microburins)

  1. A characteristic waste product from the ancient manufacture of lithic tools: a fragment of a lithic flake or blade that shows on its upper face the beginnings of a notch terminating in an oblique flection that ends in a very acute trihedral apex.
    • 2016 January 28, “Nahal Ein Gev II, a Late Natufian Community at the Sea of Galilee”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      It is also worth noting that although the NEG II inhabitants were familiar with the microburin technique (MBT), they did not use it systematically.