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debitage, n. Archaeol.
Brit. |ˌdɛbɪˈtɑːʒ|, |ˈdɛbɪtɪdʒ|, U.S. |ˌdɛbəˈtɑʒ|, |ˈdɛbədɪdʒ|
Forms: 19– debitage, 19– débitage
[‹ French débitage the chopping or breaking-up of wood, stone, etc. (1794 in this sense) > n.) + -age -age suffix.]
The unworked chips, flakes, or other waste material produced in the making of stone or flint implements.
1945Man 45 56/1 The tools and débitage of the period are as distinct from those that follow. 1968Archæol. & Physical Anthropol. in Oceania 3 167 Artifacts and debitage were abundant despite the small size of the trench and the lack of screening. 1976Nature 8 July 103/2 The category ‘debitage’ contains ‘flakes’ and ‘flake fragments’ which have not been secondarily trimmed, plus those ‘cores’ that are regarded merely as by-products of flake production. 2001Oxoniensia 65 185 The material from this pit consists of debitage and a single serrated flake. |