Concept information
Preferred term
blade
Definition
- A long, narrow, sharp-edged, thin flake of stone, used especially as a tool. This flake was detached by striking from a prepared core, often with a hammer. Its length is usually at least twice the width. The blade may be a tool in itself, or may be the blank from which a two-edged knife, burin, or spokeshave was manufactured.
Broader concept
Source
- Kipfer, B. A. Dictionary of Artifacts 2007. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.p.37
Editorial note
- 4.68
In other languages
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German
URI
https://vocabs.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/defcthesaurus/blade/4.1
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