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- noun archaeology The sharp-edged
waste material left over when someone creates a stone tool.
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In addition, the hominids had left behind “utilized material,” such as cobblestones that had been used for some purpose, and quantities of small, razor-sharp flakes called debitage.4
Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995
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In addition, the hominids had left behind “utilized material,” such as cobblestones that had been used for some purpose, and quantities of small, razor-sharp flakes called debitage.4
Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995
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Healthy Living 2006
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This is Stentor Danielson, best known on the web as the author of debitage, the top Google result for both “utilitarian view of homosexuality” and “deontological view of homosexuality.”
Guest Blogger #2 2006
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Oregon Pastor Predicts God Will Smite Portland on Father’s Day 2006
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fbharjo commented on the word debitage
a chip(s) off the old block
May 13, 2010
qms commented on the word debitage
The sound of persistent sharp tapping
Provoke us to know what is happening
Flint flakes and a severed edge,
The litter of debitage,
Are signs a boy scout’s been caught knapping.
March 23, 2018