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: of, relating to, or being a stone tool
: relating to or characteristic of a (specified) stage in humankind's use of stone as a cultural tool
Neolithic
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Stephen Pyne, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
Fires in living landscapes, fires burning lithic landscapes – the interaction of these two realms of fire has not been much studied.
—Stephen Pyne, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2025
Researchers have identified at least 18 archaeological sites and 5 prehistoric open lithic sites within its bounds, including the remains of seasonal camps, stone structures, rock shelters and open campsites.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
The Italian Carabinieri seized over 2,000 fragments of ceramic and lithic artifacts, and a contemporary painting valued around $163,000.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2024
The transition from burning living landscapes to burning lithic (fossil) landscapes constituted something new under the sun.
—Stephen Pyne, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
The engraving was likely carved with a lithic tool, employing a combination of fine incisions to mark out the contours of the kite and pecking.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2024
The structure mirrors the content, which traces three related narratives: the history of Waldie’s family; the story of Lakewood and its development as a planned community; and the saga, lithic and otherwise, of the land itself.
—Boris Kachka, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
Their scalpels were likely the flaked lithic edges common to the era; the skeleton’s grave was associated with fine flakes of a stone called chert, which can produce extremely sharp edges.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2022
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Fires in living landscapes, fires burning lithic landscapes—the interaction of these two realms of fire has not been much studied.
—Stephen Pyne, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
Fires in living landscapes, fires burning lithic landscapes – the interaction of these two realms of fire has not been much studied.
—Stephen Pyne, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2025
Researchers have identified at least 18 archaeological sites and 5 prehistoric open lithic sites within its bounds, including the remains of seasonal camps, stone structures, rock shelters and open campsites.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
The Italian Carabinieri seized over 2,000 fragments of ceramic and lithic artifacts, and a contemporary painting valued around $163,000.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2024
The transition from burning living landscapes to burning lithic (fossil) landscapes constituted something new under the sun.
—Stephen Pyne, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
The engraving was likely carved with a lithic tool, employing a combination of fine incisions to mark out the contours of the kite and pecking.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2024
The structure mirrors the content, which traces three related narratives: the history of Waldie’s family; the story of Lakewood and its development as a planned community; and the saga, lithic and otherwise, of the land itself.
—Boris Kachka, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
Their scalpels were likely the flaked lithic edges common to the era; the skeleton’s grave was associated with fine flakes of a stone called chert, which can produce extremely sharp edges.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2022
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“Lithic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lithic. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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