debitagen.
/ˌdɛbɪˈtɑːʒ/, /ˈdɛbɪtɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˌdɛbəˈtɑʒ/, /ˈdɛbədɪdʒ/ Archaeology.
The unworked chips, flakes, or other waste material produced in the making of stone or flint implements.
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1945 Man 45 56/1 The tools and débitage of the period are as distinct from those that follow.
1968 Archæol. & Physical Anthropol. in Oceania 3 167 Artifacts and debitage were abundant despite the small size of the trench and the lack of screening.
1976 Nature 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.
2001 Oxoniensia 65 185 The material from this pit consists of debitage and a single serrated flake.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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