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Flake Knife (?)

Neolithic
ca. 7000 BCE - ca. 2300 BCE
Flint

3 x 1 1/2 x 3/8 in. (7.6 x 3.8 x 1 cm)

Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number: 71.9.30
Other Number(s): 23763 (The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Number)
Acquisition Date: 12/09/1997
Geography: Europe, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Armagh
Classification: Tools and Equipment
Collection: William S. Vaux Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

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This object has the following keywords:
  • cutting equipment - Equipment used for cutting materials.
  • cutting tools - Tools with a blade or sharpened edge with the primary function of cutting.
  • flake - A small, thin piece or layer of material, typically flat and loose.
  • flakes - In the context of archaeology, this term refers to thin, flat pieces of stone intentionally removed from a tool or core during the process of stone tool manufacture.
  • flint - The dark gray or black variety of chert.
  • knives - Cutting instruments consisting of a blade with a sharpened longitudinal edge fixed in a handle, either rigidly as in a table-, carving, or sheath-knife, or with a joint as in a pocket- or clasp-knife. Knives may be used to cut food, especially in serving and eating, as weapons, and for other purposes. The blade may be of steel or another metal or stone, as in the flint knives of early man, or of another material such as ivory or wood (as with a paperknife). The term also refers to tools that are shaped or used as knives, even if the edge is not particularly sharp or actually used for cutting.
  • pointed - Having a form or outline delimited on at least one end by two intersecting lines, that is, tapering to or ending in a point or apex.
  • tools - Objects, especially those hand-held, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
  • Tools and Equipment - The Tools and Equipment hierarchy contains terms for equipment used in processing materials and fabricating objects, as well as terms associated with activities and disciplines in the construction industry, design professions, the fine and decorative arts, and other aspects of material culture. Excluded are terms for objects such as measuring devices and weapons, which may be considered equipment but fall into the scope of other hierarchies in the Furnishings and Equipment section of the Objects facet. Relation to other hierarchies: Terms for devices used to measure in terms of standard units or fixed amounts (e.g., "gauges") are in the Measuring Devices hierarchy. Terms for items that are necessary to anchor or join materials, objects, or components (e.g., "nails," "buckles") appear in the Components hierarchy. Terms for constituent parts of equipment (e.g., "handles") are also in the Components hierarchy. HVAC systems can be found in the Object Groupings and Systems hierarchy, while the terms for HVAC equipment (e.g., "air conditioners") are found here.

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