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backing the deliberate blunting of a stone tool by means of steeply-angled removals, presumably to facilitate insertion into a haft
baetyl sacred stone
Bamboo Annals a history of China up to 298 BC
band small group of 25-60 individuals related through marriage or family ties; typically mobile hunter-gatherer groups
basilica large rectangular columned hall used as a law court during the Roman empire
bed stratigraphic unit
biface flat cobble flaked over both surfaces to produce a sharp edge around the entire periphery; also called a hand axe
bipedal walking on two legs
bipolar technique the production of flakes by resting the core on an anvil and splitting it with a hammerstone
Bodhisattva follower of the Buddha who chooses not to attain nirvana, but to stay on earth and help others
bola stones two or more stones strung together and thrown so as to entangle an animal; used in Archaic Central and South America
braincase the part of the skull that encases the brain
breccia type of rock formed of sediments and small rocks cemented together
burin stone flake or blade with chisel-like edges
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