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biface

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bi·face  (bfs)
n. Archaeology
A bifacial stone tool.
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Adj.1.biface - having two faces or fronts; "the Roman Janus is bifacial"
bifacial
bidirectional - reactive or functioning or allowing movement in two usually opposite directions
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Four mounds were excavated yielding a single quartzite flake and a Woodland-like ovate quartz biface recovered from Mound 21 (Holstein et al.
Preliminary investigations at the Skeleton Mountain site, 1CA157, ... by Holstein, Harry O. / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
27) The gorilla carries an Acheulian biface or coup de poing, a stone tool now associated with the early hominid Homo erectus.
Courtship with a Club: wife-capture in prehistoric fiction, 1865-1914 by Ruddick, Nicholas / Yearbook of English Studies
They consider obtaining the raw materials, the technology of biface knapping, a world typology of large cutting tools, the meaning of cleavers, and regional perspectives.
Axe age; Acheulian tool-making from quarry to discard by Reference & Research Book News
 
 
 
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