microburin

Etymology

From micro- + burin.

microburin means A characteristic waste product from the ancient manufacture of lithic tools: a fragment of a lithic flake or blade that shows on its upper face the beginnings of a notch terminating in an oblique flection that ends in a very acute trihedral apex. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

A characteristic waste product from the ancient manufacture of lithic tools: a fragment of a lithic flake or blade that shows on its upper face the beginnings of a notch terminating in an oblique flection that ends in a very acute trihedral apex.“It is also worth noting that although the NEG II inhabitants were familiar with the microburin technique (MBT), they did not use it systematically.”