microburin
Noun
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.
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It is also worth noting that although the NEG II inhabitants were familiar with the microburin technique (MBT), they did not use it systematically.
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microburins