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The intentional removal of small longitudinal flakes from the base of a chipped stone projectile point or knife to facilitate hafting or produced to remove small, longitudinal flakes from the basal edge of a projectile point in order that the tool or point could be more easily hafted or held.

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İntentional removal of small, longitudinal flakes from the base of a chipped stone projectile point or knife to facilitate hafting.

Dictionary of Artifacts, Barbara Ann Kipfer, 2007

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