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Process of fashioning stones or rocks into tools and weapons
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
Lithic_reduction
Portion of rock removed from an objective piece by percussion or pressure
be removed from polyhedral blade cores, another common lithic feature of Paleo-Indian lithic culture. Prismatic blades are often triangular in cross
Lithic_flake
In archaeology, a stone artifact left over from toolmaking
In archaeology, a lithic core is a distinctive artifact that results from the practice of lithic reduction. In this sense, a core is the scarred nucleus
Lithic_core
Stone age tool
In archaeology and the field of lithic reduction, a burin /ˈbjuːrɪn/ (from the French burin, meaning "cold chisel" or modern engraving burin) is a type
Burin_(lithic_flake)
Ancient production techniques
In archaeology, lithic technology includes a broad array of techniques used to produce usable tools from various types of stone. The earliest stone tools
Lithic_technology
Archeological term; material produced during the process of lithic reduction
and lithic blades, but most often refers to the shatter and production debris, and production rejects. Debitage analysis, a sub-field of lithic analysis
Debitage
via a splitting process known as lithic reduction. One simple form of reduction is to strike stone flakes from a lithic core of material using a hammerstone
Stone_tool
Type of stone tool
archaeology, a lithic blade is a type of stone tool created during lithic reduction by striking a long narrow flake from a stone core. Lithic blades are generally
Lithic_blade
Scientific analysis of chipped stone artifacts
lithic analysis is the analysis of stone tools and other chipped stone artifacts using basic scientific techniques. At its most basic level, lithic analyses
Lithic_analysis
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up lithic or lithics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lithic may refer to: Relating to stone tools Lithic analysis, the analysis of stone tools
Lithic
Typological classification of stone tools
typological classification of stone tools. An industry consists of a number of lithic assemblages, typically including a range of different types of tools, that
Industry_(archaeology)
American Paleolithic archaeologist
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, leading field research on lithic reduction in France, Egypt, and Morocco. Dibble received his B.A. in 1971 and
Harold_L._Dibble
Type of stone tool
and size. The beginning stone is called the flake lithic core. There are three steps to lithic reduction: Hard hammer percussion is the first step. It involves
Flake_tool
Distinctive type of stone knapping technique used by ancient humans
sophisticated than earlier methods of lithic reduction, involving the striking of lithic flakes from a prepared lithic core. A striking platform is formed
Levallois_technique
Archaeological culture
lived there. Lithic assemblages have been classified as Oldowan in members E and F in the lower Omo basin. Although there have been lithic assemblages
Oldowan
Prehistoric period: Copper Age
Stone Age as the point from which the transition began and is not another -lithic age. Subsequently, British scholars used either Evans's "Copper Age" or
Chalcolithic
Prehistoric period before metal tools
and technologies involved. It includes the scientific study of the lithic reduction of the raw materials and methods used to make the prehistoric artifacts
Stone_Age
Topics referred to by the same term
fluid's critical point Lithic reduction, in Stone Age toolmaking, to detach lithic flakes from a lump of tool stone Noise reduction, in acoustic or signal
Reduction
Peoples who forage or hunt for most or all of their food
knapping styles and progress identifiable. This early Paleo-Indian period lithic reduction tool adaptations have been found across the Americas, utilized by highly
Hunter-gatherer
New World prehistoric projectile
resharpen them or repair damage. This can make it difficult to identify which lithic tradition they come from. Clovis type description: Clovis is a comparatively
Clovis_point
Prehistoric stone tool
is a hard cobble used to strike off lithic flakes from a lump of tool stone during the process of lithic reduction. The hammerstone is a rather universal
Hammerstone
Archaeological culture associated with Homo erectus
this early is, however, difficult to find.[citation needed] Hand axe Lithic reduction Lower Palaeolithic Ndutu cranium Oldowan Palaeolithic Stone Age Stone
Acheulean
Prehistoric period, second part of the Stone Age
of life, and the development of more sophisticated and typically smaller lithic tools and weapons. Agriculture is considered as the transition to the Neolithic
Mesolithic
Images carved on a rock surface as a form of rock art
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Petroglyph
Paleolithic artifact from Congo
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Ishango_bone
Period in African prehistory
tools that may include wood or bone, often abruptly retouched or backed The lithic technologies of the Later Stone Age often fall into Modes 4 and 5. They
Late_Stone_Age
Earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic
2000s, the Oldowan or Mode 1 horizon, long considered the oldest type of lithic industry, is now considered to have developed from about 2.6 million years
Lower_Paleolithic
Archaeological period, last part of the Stone Age (New Stone Age)
5500–4500 BC. In 2024, a study suggested a peaceful explanation to the reduction in the size of male population observed worldwide 5000–3000 years ago
Neolithic
Proposed Upper Paleolithic European industry
Vincent (2017). "Before the transition? The final middle Palaeolithic lithic industry from the Grotte du Renne (layer XI) at Arcy-sur-Cure (Burgundy
Châtelperronian
Type of earth shelter with ancient origins
Edmundsbury Borough Council. ISBN 978-0-95417470-5. Mattes, Matthew (2014). Lithic Design and Technological Organization in Housepit 1 of the S7istken Site
Pit-house
Prehistoric ivory sculpture discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel, a cave in Germany
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Lion-man
Neolithic sculpture found in Turkey
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Seated_Woman_of_Çatalhöyük
European Middle Paleolithic culture
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Mousterian
Stone tool
are referred to as "formalized tools", bifaces from any stage of a lithic reduction sequence may be used as tools. (Other biface typologies make five divisions
Hand_axe
Archaeological industry of the European Upper Paleolithic
Solutrean has relatively finely worked, bifacial points made with lithic reduction percussion and pressure flaking rather than flintknapping. Knapping
Solutrean
by-product of lithic manufacture (debitage). The extent of reduction, also known as the retouch intensity, is denoted by a measure of the reduction index. There
Retouch_(lithics)
Shaping of conchoidal fracturing stone to manufacture stone tools
obsidian, or other conchoidal fracturing stone through the process of lithic reduction to manufacture stone tools, strikers for flintlock firearms, or to
Knapping
Place for a fire to heat the home and to cook food, usually of masonry
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Hearth
Dwelling
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Hut
Archaeological site in Louisiana, US
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Watson_Brake
Memory aid device
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Tally_stick
Period of human history before records
archaeology of the Americas it is called by different names and begins with a Lithic stage, or sometimes Paleo-Indian. The sub-divisions described below are
Prehistory
Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic cultures
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Magdalenian
Human-made markings on natural stone
was through incision, or scratching, into the surface of the stone with a lithic flake or metal blade. The motifs produced using this technique are fine-lined
Rock_art
Earth blocks for construction
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Mudbrick
Library of Australia News. 9 (1): 3–7. Morieson, J., 2003, "Solar-based Lithic Design in Victoria, Australia", in World Archaeological Congress, Washington
Indigenous_Australian_art
Mesolithic culture in what is now Poland
Joutseno with lithics in imported flint, as well as the Sujala site in Utsjoki in the province of Lapland. The raw materials of the lithic assemblage at
Swiderian_culture
(2024). "Deep-rooted Indian Middle Palaeolithic: Terminal Middle Pleistocene lithic assemblage from Retlapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India". PLOS ONE. 19 (8) e0302580
Timeline_of_prehistory
Archaeological industry of the European Upper Paleolithic
système technique lithique" [Does the Gravettian exist? The prism of the lithic technical system]. In Marcel Otte (ed.). Les Gravettiens. Civilisations
Gravettian
Term in anthropology
of material culture—especially pottery and stone tools made through lithic reduction—from raw material acquisition to tool production to use to abandonment
Chaîne_opératoire
Aspect of human history
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Control of fire by early humans
Control_of_fire_by_early_humans
Relationship between language and human evolution
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Origin_of_language
Primitive weapon component
media related to Projectile points. Elf-arrow Levallois technique Lithic reduction Adapted from Ritchie, 1989 "Clovis People Weren't First in Americas
Projectile_point
First epoch of the Quaternary Period
fossilic records is Homo erectus for much of the Pleistocene. Acheulean lithics appear along with Homo erectus, some 1.8 million years ago, replacing the
Pleistocene
Fossil site in San Diego County, California
Other critics also cite the lack of lithic artifacts and debris, generally found at sites associated with lithic tool manufacturing, at the Cerutti Mastodon
Cerutti_Mastodon_site
Subdivision of the Paleolithic, or Old Stone Age
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Upper_Paleolithic
Prehistoric period, first part of the Stone Age
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Paleolithic
American archaeologist
flaking, grinding, and/or polishing, the harder it is to conclude the lithic reduction process which produced the stone artifact". Through practical experimentation
Don_Crabtree
Period before the First Dynasty of Egypt
field that dominates much of the landscape. A variety of plant remains, lithic tools, hearths, and grinding stones have all been uncovered during excavations
Prehistoric_Egypt
Late Bronze Age artefact made of thin gold leaf
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Berlin_Gold_Hat
Period in African prehistory
standardization in site excavation and lithic classification was, until recently, lacking. Unlike northern Africa, shifts between lithic technologies were not nearly
Middle_Stone_Age
Ring of standing stones
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Stone_circle
Old Stone Age musical instruments
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Paleolithic_flute
Calendar based only on the Moon
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Lunar_calendar
Implement used for water-borne propulsion
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Oar
Axe specifically designed for combat
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Battle_axe
Upper Paleolithic culture of Europe
the use of bone and antler for tools. Based on the research of scraper reduction and paleoenvironment, the early Aurignacian group moved seasonally over
Aurignacian
Crops native to the New World
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New_World_crops
Prehistoric human occupation of Britain
interglacial period around 700,000 years ago (Marine Isotope Stages 19-17), with lithic artefacts showing a core and flake industry. This site is in the vicinity
Prehistoric_Britain
Original agricultural crops
"Molecular diversity at 18 loci in 321 wild and 92 domesticate lines reveal no reduction of nucleotide diversity during Triticum monococcum (Einkorn) domestication:
Founder_crops
Paintings, often prehistoric, on cave walls and ceilings
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Cave_painting
Throwing weapon
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Throwing_stick
Type of Bronze Age chamber tomb
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Clava_cairn
Neolithic henge monument
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Goseck_Circle
Late Upper Paleolithic culture
Intrasite Analysis of Large Hamburgian Encampment in Myszęcin, Western Poland". Lithic Technology. 47 (2): 106–116. doi:10.1080/01977261.2021.1967580. ISSN 0197-7261
Hamburg_culture
Burned mound from the Bronze Age in Ireland
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Fulacht_fiadh
Room used by Puebloans for religious rituals and political meetings
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Kiva
Period of Arabia before documented history
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Prehistoric_Arabia
Neolithic culture
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Gumelnița–Kodžadermen-Karanovo VI complex
Gumelnița–Kodžadermen-Karanovo_VI_complex
Middle Eastern Neolithic culture
dug up and reburied, or mottled with clay and (presumably) displayed. The lithic industry is based on blades struck from regular cores. Sickle-blades and
Pre-Pottery_Neolithic_A
English archaeologist
become an acknowledged expert on flint-knapping and is skilled in lithic reduction using both percussive techniques and pressure flaking, in which, instead
Phil_Harding_(archaeologist)
Stone weight of debated purpose associated with atlatls
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Bannerstone
Tool to give more leverage when throwing a spear-like projectile
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Spear-thrower
Paleolithic artefact from South Africa
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Lebombo_bone
Tool created from bone
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Bone_tool
Disputed oldest known musical instrument
The Neanderthal flute was found in the Mousterian level, which contained lithic artefacts and hearths. The flute was cemented into the phosphate breccia
Divje_Babe_flute
Prehistoric tool type
unifacial tools thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking. Many lithic analysts maintain that the only true scrapers are defined on the base of
Scraper_(archaeology)
In lithic analysis (a subdivision of archaeology), an eraillure is a flake removed from a lithic flake's bulb of force, which is a lump left on the ventral
Eraillure
Late Upper Paleolithic nomadic hunter culture
commonly accepted that the Hamburgian, featured by "Shouldered Point" lithics, is a techno-complex closely related to the Creswellian and rooted in the
Ahrensburg_culture
Period in Levantine history
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Epipalaeolithic
Petrospheres from late Neolithic Scotland
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Carved_stone_balls
Object that reflects an image
deposition of a thin layer of metallic silver onto glass through the chemical reduction of silver nitrate. This silvering process was adapted for mass manufacturing
Mirror
Rock art in Western Australia
lower altitudes. There is evidence that there may have been a significant reduction in Australian Aboriginal populations during this time. It appears there
Gwion_Gwion_rock_paintings
Type of Neolithic monument
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Long_barrow
Archaeological site in California, United States
freshwater limestone). The stone tools of these industries, along with preforms, lithic core, technical flakes, and pieces of angular debitage, mainly of chalcedony
Calico_Early_Man_Site
Archaeological site in Armenia
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Areni-1_winery
Ancient causeway in Somerset, England
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Post_Track
Act of shaping stone materials
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Stone_carving
Prehistoric tool
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Celt_(tool)
Religions thought to have appeared during the Paleolithic time period
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Paleolithic_religion
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Girl/Female
Latin
Honest.
Girl/Female
Teutonic
Noble humor.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Kingdom
Boy/Male
English, Latin
King; Emperor
Girl/Female
Greek
Forgetful.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Surname or Lastname
Polish, German, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic)
Polish, German, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from Polish litwin, an ethnic name for someone from Lithuania (Polish Litwa, Lithuanian Lietuva, a word of uncertain etymology, perhaps a derivative of the river name Leità ). In the 14th century Lithuania was an independent grand duchy which extended from the Baltic to the shores of the Black Sea. It was united with Poland in 1569, and was absorbed into the Russian empire in 1795. The region referred to as Lite in Ashkenazic culture encompassed not only Lithuania but also Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, parts of northern Ukraine, and parts of northeastern Poland.English : from an Old English personal name, Lēohtwine, composed of the elements lēoht ‘light’, ‘bright’ + wine ‘friend’.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
King; Way to Right Path; Leader of Good Way
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Bithiah, BITHIA means "daughter of God."
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Hebrew, Indian, Malayalam, Tamil
Undefeatable; Gold; Always the Conqueror; Winner
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Master of Justice
Boy/Male
Hindu
Governor, Moment in time
Boy/Male
Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Beautiful Like Pearl
Boy/Male
Hindu
Undefeatable
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Cute and Perfect
Boy/Male
Hindu
Exciting
Boy/Male
Hindu
Master of the right way, Master of the right path, Principle
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Hindu
From the heart, Stream
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Boy/Male
Hindu
Victory
Girl/Female
English
Derived from Victoria: triumphant.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Netherlands, Teutonic
A Wish for Peace; Resolute; Peaceful; Much Peace
Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Tamil
Hard work
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Quick Mind
Girl/Female
Muslim
Rose
Male
Egyptian
, triumph.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Spirited, Energy, Nerve
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Songs of Vision
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a.
Having the nature and qualities of glass; glasslike; -- distinguished from ceramic.
n.
See Litchi.
a.
Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous.
a.
Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.
a.
See Sothic.
n.
The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic similar to potash and soda, but weaker. See Lithium.
n.
The style described in Gothic, a., 2.
n.
A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.
a.
Of or pertaining to stone; as, lithic architecture.
a.
Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon; as, citric acid.
a.
See Mythic.
prep.
In the limits or compass of; not further in length than; as, within five miles; not longer in time than; as, within an hour; not exceeding in quantity; as, expenses kept within one's income.
a.
Mild; calm; as, lithe weather.
n.
The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid.
a.
Pertaining to the formation of uric-acid concretions (stone) in the bladder and other parts of the body; as, lithic diathesis.
adv.
In the house; in doors; as, the master is within.
n.
The language of the Lettic race, including Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian.
prep.
In the inner or interior part of; inside of; not without; as, within doors.