pressure flaking
Archaeol.
noun
(In the shaping of stone tools) the removal of flakes by applying pressure near the edge of the stone with a hard point.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in American Anthropologist.
- plerosis
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- plesiadapid
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- plesiadapoid
- Plesianthropus
- plesiaster
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- plesiochronous digital hierarchy
- plesiomorphic
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- plesiosaur
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- plesiosauroid
- Plesiosaurus
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- plet
- plethodontid
- plethora
- plethoric
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- plethorically