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This flaking technique involved the removal of large and small percussion flakes which resulted in numerous step fractures. Pressure flaking was often used to form serrations. Oblique-transverse flaking was used to shape the blade of a few examples.

Source: LITHICS-Net, Glossary of Lithics Terminology

[[Category: Anthropology]]





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