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biface Archæol.|ˈbaɪfeɪs|
[f. bi-2 + face n.]
A type of prehistoric stone implement flaked on both faces. Also attrib.
1934A. C. Haddon Hist. Anthropol. vii. 89 Throughout all Africa a core-tool, or ‘biface’, is the oldest known technique, and the same applies to India; in Africa it developed from a chipped-pebble industry. 1937Proc. Prehist. Soc. III. 15 The lower Palaeolithic industries may be roughly divided into two main groups:—biface cultures and flake cultures. 1946F. E. Zeuner Dating the Past vi. 164 The bifaces are mostly made on flakes. 1953J. Procházka tr. B. Hrozný's Anc. Hist. W. Asia, India & Crete iv. 12 The so-called flint flakes and more massive bifacial tools (‘bifaces’) have been uncovered in the early palaeolithic strata. |