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microburin Archæol.|maɪkrəʊˈbjʊərɪn| [f. micro- 1 + burin.] (See quot. 1970.)
1932Antiquity VI. 364 A feature of the industry is the presence of the burin of upper Palæolithic type... The microburin is not mentioned either as occurring or as absent. 1955[see Ibero-]. 1957V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 6) i. 6 At Parpalló in Eastern Spain even microburins occur from the Solutrian layers upward. 1958Man Apr. 57/2 The ends are then shaped either by twisting off, or by retouching, and even by the microburin technique of notching and then snapping... The microburins, the ‘anti-microburins’ and the obliquely snapped waste..were all backed as well. 1970Bray & Trump Dict. Archaeol. 147/1 Microburin, a by-product of the manufacture of microliths. A blade is notched, and then snapped off... One piece becomes a microlithic tool, while the residue (the ‘microburin’) still shows traces of the original notch and fracture. |