backed blades

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Scope note
Terminology used by prehistorians for a class of microlithic blades with one edge blunted by a secondary retouch. It is assumed that this was so that they could be held more easily. Backed blades first appeared in the early Upper Paleolithic.
backed blades
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024