Usually means: Waste material from stone toolmaking.
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  1. debitage: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. debitage: Wiktionary
  3. debitage: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. debitage: Dictionary.com
  5. Debitage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (debitage)

▸ noun:  (archaeology) The sharp-edged waste material that remains after creation of a stone tool

Similar:
debris, outwaste, debordant, briquetage, wood dirt, sidescraper, sharpening, attle, waste, spoils, more...

Opposite:
assemblage, artifact, tool, implement, finished product

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Similar:
debris, outwaste, debordant, briquetage, wood dirt, sidescraper, sharpening, attle, waste, spoils, more...

Opposite:
assemblage, artifact, tool, implement, finished product



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