Word of the Day

debitage:

Debitage is all the material produced during the process of lithic reduction and the production of chipped stone tools. This assemblage includes, but is not limited to, different kinds of lithic flakes and lithic blades, shatter and production debris, and production rejects. [Wikipedia]

Noted in American Archaeology (offline).

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