microblades
Small stone tools
Microblades are tiny, razor-sharp stone flakes struck from a prepared core, typically less than a few centimeters long.
In archaeology, they represent a distinctive prehistoric technology—fitted into grooves along bone or antler handles to create composite tools and weapons.
The term also applies to the fine blades used in microblading, a cosmetic procedure for tattooing hair-like strokes onto eyebrows.
Of or relating to stone
- flintknappingStriking stone to shape tools
- PaleolithicEarliest archaeological era
- MesolithicMiddle stone era
- NeolithicFinal prehistoric stone-tool era
artifacts · excavation · prehistoric · archaeologists · stratigraphy · hunter-gatherers · carbon-dating · burials
Striking stone to shape tools
- knapperOne who chips stone tools
- retouchingPost-capture image enhancement
- chippingBreaking into fragments
- techniqueSkilled way of performing
skill · deftness · precision · handiwork · knapping · platform · reduction · detachment
Glassy igneous rock
- chertFine-grained siliceous stone
- flintSpark-producing sedimentary rock
- quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
- chalcedonyTranslucent microcrystalline silica variety
stone · quarry · source · outcrop · trade · exchange · provenance · geochemistry
Dividing via sharp edge
- scrapingRubbing away material
- insetEmbedded smaller image
- projectileLaunched airborne object
- arrowPointed shaft for shooting
spear · knife · butchering · engraving · graving · piercing · multi-purpose · efficiency
lithic
Of or relating to stone
- flintknappingStriking stone to shape tools
- PaleolithicEarliest archaeological era
- MesolithicMiddle stone era
Neolithic · artifacts · excavation · prehistoric · archaeologists · stratigraphy · hunter-gatherers · carbon-dating · burials · midden
flintknapping
Striking stone to shape tools
- knapperOne who chips stone tools
- retouchingPost-capture image enhancement
- chippingBreaking into fragments
technique · skill · deftness · precision · handiwork · knapping · platform · reduction · detachment · striking
obsidian
Glassy igneous rock
- chertFine-grained siliceous stone
- flintSpark-producing sedimentary rock
- quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
chalcedony · stone · quarry · source · outcrop · trade · exchange · provenance · geochemistry
cutting
Dividing via sharp edge
- scrapingRubbing away material
- insetEmbedded smaller image
- projectileLaunched airborne object
arrow · spear · knife · butchering · engraving · graving · piercing · multi-purpose · efficiency · replaceable
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- archaeologyexcavation, dig site, archaeologist, dig, archaeological digs
- Arctic PrehistoryThule culture, harpoons, stone tools, bone tools, seal hunting
- debitageflakes, cores, shatter, fragments