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Lithic reduction

In archaeology, in particular of the Stone Age, lithic reduction is the process of fashioning stones or rocks from their natural state into tools or weapons by removing some parts. It has been intensely studied and many archaeological industries are identified almost entirely by the lithic analysis of the precise style of their tools and the chaîne…

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Lithic reductionis aprocess of fashioning stones or rocks from their natural state into tools or weapons by removing some parts0.90text
chertinstance ofCryptocrystalline or amorphous stone0.80text
flintinstance ofCryptocrystalline or amorphous stone0.80text
obsidianinstance ofCryptocrystalline or amorphous stone0.80text
and chalcedonyinstance ofCryptocrystalline or amorphous stone0.80text
as well as other fine-grained stone materialinstance ofCryptocrystalline or amorphous stone0.80text
such as rhyoliteinstance ofCryptocrystalline or amorphous stone0.80text
felsiteinstance ofCryptocrystalline or amorphous stone0.80text
and quartziteinstance ofCryptocrystalline or amorphous stone0.80text
were used as a source material for producing stone toolsinstance ofCryptocrystalline or amorphous stone0.80text
basalt or quartziteinstance ofThis is usually accomplished with abraiders made from a coarse-grained stone0.80text
stemsinstance ofSometimes basic features0.80text

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