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Biface

Meaning in history, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In history, biface means: A stone artifact shaped by removing flakes from both faces.

In Turkish: iki yüzeyli yontmataş alet, bifas

How it is used

The label describes manufacture; it does not by itself establish a single function.

Example sentences

  1. The biface preserved flake scars on both broad surfaces.

    Removal scars provide evidence of work on both faces.

  2. The team compared the unfinished biface with complete tools.

    An incomplete example can reveal stages of production.

Common collocations

  • a stone biface
  • biface manufacture
  • artifactAn object made or shaped by people, such as a tool, coin, weapon or piece of jewellery, especially one studied for what it reveals about the past.
  • prehistoryThe long period of human history before writing was invented, known mainly through archaeology, fossils and other physical remains.

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