Microgravette
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small projectile point (from the Stone Age)
"These bags contain a number of robust microgravette points (or fragments thereof) that are more likely to belong in these periods than in the Romanellian, diagnostics of which (very small thumbnail scrapers, very narrow backed bladelets) are mostly to be found in bags with a “B-I” label."
Example
More examples"These bags contain a number of robust microgravette points (or fragments thereof) that are more likely to belong in these periods than in the Romanellian, diagnostics of which (very small thumbnail scrapers, very narrow backed bladelets) are mostly to be found in bags with a “B-I” label."
Etymology
From micro- + gravette.
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