Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A bifacial stone tool.

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  • noun archaeology A double-sided stone tool

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  • adjective having two faces or fronts

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Examples

  • But Bergstrom identified it as a "biface" because it's been "flaked" on all sides.

    Leesville Daily Leader Homepage RSS 2009

  • In addition to the flakes we uncovered two dozen fire-scorched rocks, a biface knife, a broken piece of fossiliferous chert that had been heated.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • In addition to the flakes we uncovered two dozen fire-scorched rocks, a biface knife, a broken piece of fossiliferous chert that had been heated.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • In addition to the flakes we uncovered two dozen fire-scorched rocks, a biface knife, a broken piece of fossiliferous chert that had been heated.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • In addition to the flakes we uncovered two dozen fire-scorched rocks, a biface knife, a broken piece of fossiliferous chert that had been heated.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • Study of the biface and the eye of the needle revealed no signs of wear, suggesting that they may have been made specifically as grave offerings.

    Buhl Woman 1998

  • An obsidian biface, part of a bone needle, and other artifacts were found with the skeleton.

    Buhl Woman 1998

  • The seemingly deliberate placement of the biface immediately below the skull resembles a purposeful interment.

    Buhl Woman 1998

  • A kilometre away, near our campsite, a broken aterian biface and some crude flake tools were noted, but no concentration of artifacts that would indicate any larger permanent settlement.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • a cold steel, Laredo bowie, a flint knapping kit with a large novaculite biface and a trained peregrine falcon

    If you were dropped out of a helicopter in the center of Alaska and could only bring three items besides clothing what would the 2010

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