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Technology and Terminology of Knapped Stone - IRIT

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Fig. 41 — Examples <strong>of</strong> orientation. 1 : according to the debitage axis (D) <strong>of</strong> a flake (M being the<br />

morphological axis). 2 : according to the morphological axis <strong>of</strong> a h<strong>and</strong>axe. 3 : according to<br />

the morphological axis <strong>of</strong> a sidescraper made on a slab. 4 : according to the debitage axis <strong>of</strong><br />

a convergent sidescraper; when this is different from the morphological axis, the tool is<br />

known as a déjete sidescraper. 5 : according to the edge <strong>and</strong> the knapped surface <strong>of</strong> a chopper.<br />

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