microburins

Noun

microburin (plural microburins)

1. 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.2016 January 28, “Nahal Ein Gev II, a Late Natufian Community at the Sea of Galilee”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI