Biface
- Description
- This stone tool was never finished. If completed it would have been a distinctive type of tool called a biface. These tools had strong sharp edges because chips were removed from both sides of the original piece of stone, making them thin and good for cutting.
- Accession Loan No.
- 54/1948/51
- Collection Class
- Tools for farm and craft
- Common Name
- biface
- Simple Name
- biface
- Full Name
- incomplete biface
- Dimensions
- whole length 44 mm; whole W 37 mm
- Production County
- South East USA
- Production Country
- United States of America
- Production Area Region
- North America
- Production Continent
- North America
- Family Group
- Material
- chert (Tuscaloosa)
- Function Name
- tool
- Collection Area Region
- N
- Collection Continent
- America
