Emireh point
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An Emireh point is a microlith
made out of a triangular flake of flint
. The bulbs are eliminated or reduced via a process of retouch
ing from both surfaces. The Emireh point is the type tool of stage one of the Upper Paleolithic
, first identified in the Emirian
culture.
Microlith
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically a centimetre or so in length and half a centimetre wide. It is produced from either a small blade or a larger blade-like piece of flint by abrupt or truncated retouching, which leaves a very typical piece of waste,...
made out of a triangular flake of flint
Flint
Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in colour, and...
. The bulbs are eliminated or reduced via a process of retouch
Retouch
Retouch may refer to:*Retouch , the work done to a flint implement after its preliminary roughing-out*Retouching, editing photographic imagery...
ing from both surfaces. The Emireh point is the type tool of stage one of the Upper Paleolithic
Upper Paleolithic
The Upper Paleolithic is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Africa and Asia. Very broadly it dates to between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, roughly coinciding with the appearance of behavioral modernity and before the advent of...
, first identified in the Emirian
Emirian
The Emirian culture represents the transition between the Middle Paleolithic and the Upper Paleolithic in the Levant ....
culture.