- In archaeology, a
tranchet flake is a
characteristic type of
flake removed by a
flintknapper during lithic reduction.
Known as one of the
major categories...
- A
tranchet axe is a
lithic tool made by
removing a flake,
known as a
tranchet flake. The
flake is
removed parallel to the
final intended cutting edge...
- flakes. Some
Acheulean tools were
sharpened instead by the
removal of a
tranchet flake. This was
struck from the
lateral edge of the hand-axe
close to the...
-
prehistoric Hawaiians to
obtain basalt stone for
adzes and
other tools ****ski
Tranchet axe Rice M (1999). Who's who in
ancient Egypt. New York: Routledge. p. 25...
- Solutrean –
Archaeological industry of the
European Upper Paleolithic Tranchet axe – Type of
edged stone tool Dibble, Harold; Whittaker, John (1981)....
-
pointed end
truncated away.
Flake cleavers have a
cutting edge
created by a
tranchet flake being struck from the
primary surface. Cleavers,
found in many Acheulean...
- side-notched),
finely denticulated sickle-blades, burins, s****ers, a few
tranchet axes, obsidian, and
green obsidian from an
unknown source.
There were also...
- Kulkuletti.
Because of a
unique production process that uses what are
called “
tranchet blows”, Tiya
tools might also
belong to the same time span as
these other...
- the
Colne Valley during the
Mesolithic have been discovered,
including a
tranchet axe from Middlewick. In the 1980s an
archaeological inventory showed that...
- and was
carried out
using techniques such as the coup de
tranchet (French,
meaning "
tranchet blow"), or
simply with
scale or
scalariform retouches that...
