A burin is a type of stone tool, a handheld lithic flake with a chisel like edge, used by prehistoric people for detailed work. It was used for carving or finishing wood or bone tools and weapons, and sometimes for engraving images. Its working edge is formed by burin spalls, small flakes struck off obliquely to create the sharp edge. Standardized use of burins became typical during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic in Europe, and archaeologists have also found them in North American and Asian sites, often alongside microblade technology, suggesting several functions within a prehistoric toolkit. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Introduced When (Circa)circa Middle Paleolithic 1 OriginOne diagnostic type, the Noailles burin, is named for its find site, the Grotte de Noailles in southwestern France, and dates to the Gravettian stage of the Upper Paleolithic, roughly 28,000 to 23,000 BC. 1 Introduced era (class) In the Other Atlases
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1. Burin (lithic flake) (Wikipedia)
Documented use section, paragraph 1
Standardized burin usage is typical of the Middle Paleolithic and Upper Palaeolithic cultures in Europe, but archaeologists have also identified them in North American cultural assemblages
Types section, Noailles burin paragraph
It consists of a small multiple burin characteristic of the Upper Paleolithic cultural stage called the Gravettian, ca. 28-23,000 BC; these flake tools have been restruck and refined to give several chisellike edges and a blunt, grippable rear edge.
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