Knapping Technology (General)

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Technology & Terminology of Knapped Stone
M.-L. Inizan, M. Reduron-Ballinger, H. Roche & J. Tixier
Translated (from the original French) by J Feblot-Augustins

Here’s a link to download the above publication, which is a massive 193 pages and covers just about every aspect of lithic knapping from an archaeological perspective.

http://www.mae.u-paris10.fr/prehistoire/IMG/pdf/Technology_and_Terminology_of_Knapped_Stone.pdf

Note: this is a 35 MB download!

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Lithic Flake - Anatomy & Terminology


Wikipedia's entry for the lithic flake is pretty comprehensive and includes onward links to many of the terms used:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithic_flake