Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of microflake
The ochre processing Toolkit 1, discovered in layer CP, is composed of a Haliotis midae (abalone) shell used as a container for storing and mixing a pigmented red ochre compound that is a mixture of ochre, bone, charcoal, quartz and quartzite microflakes and quartz grains.
2015 November 19, “Techno-Cultural Characterization of the MIS 5 (c. 105 – 90 Ka) Lithic Industries at Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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