| 单词 | pressure flaking |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspressure flaking pressure flaking n. Archaeology (in the shaping of stone tools) the removal of flakes by applying pressure near the edge of the stone with a hard point. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > archaeology > artefacts > methods of production pressure flaking1902 step flaking1931 1902 Amer. Anthropologist 4 112 Implements made of deer antler which resemble very closely the hammers and pressure-flaking implements used by the tribes of the region in shaping flint. 1959 J. D. Clark Prehist. Southern Afr. vi. 157 The finish is much finer and pressure flaking is frequently used. 1992 Washington Post 26 Oct. 9/2 There is a device that looks like a very fat pencil... The hard point would have been pressed against the edge of the flint to split off flakes. Such steady ‘pressure flaking’ is well known to be the way to make fine edges on flint tools. < as lemmas |
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