A note on the term 'lithic'

<p class="abstract"><span lang="EN-US">The term ‘lithic’ is derived from the ancient Greek word for ‘rock’ (<em>lithos</em>), used in the late fourth century BCE by the scholar Theophrastus. The term ‘lithic’ in the way we use it today, meaning small rock...

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Main Author: George (Rip) Rapp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2014-03-01
Series:Journal of Lithic Studies
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Online Access:http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/753