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A small, shaped stone tool with a sharpened edge, typically used with a haft and characteristic of Mesolithic cultures.  2, record 1, English, - microlith

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Thin blades were further reduced to smaller pieces, often having a geometric form such as triangular, square, or trapezoidal, called microliths. These small bits of sharp flint were cemented (using resin) into a groove in a piece of wood to form a tool with a cutting edge longer than it was feasible to produce in a single piece of brittle flint ...  3, record 1, English, - microlith

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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Outil en pierre de très petite dimension dont la longueur peut être inférieure à un centimètre. Le mot microlithe est souvent réservé aux outils de forme géométrique telle que triangle, rectangle, trapèze [ou] segment de cercle [...]  2, record 1, French, - microlithe

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Record 3,  Textual support,  English

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The francisca is characterised by its distinctly arch-shaped head, widening toward the cutting edge and terminating in a prominent point at both the upper and lower corners. The top of the head is usually either S-shaped or convex with the lower portion curving inward and forming an elbow with the short wooden haft. The upswept point and downturned edge were both capable of penetrating chain mail.  3, record 3, English, - francisca

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

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Les preuves archéologiques indiquent que les élites guerrières franques utilisaient communément la francisque [...] Les soldats l'auraient lancée d'une distance d'environ dix à douze mètres. La lame de la hache était lourde afin de produire un impact important sur la cible, mais puisque l'arme n'était pas équilibrée comme peut l'être un javelot, la francisque n'avait pas une trajectoire très régulière, réduisant la portée et la précision. La francisque se reconnaît à la courbure en forme de S caractéristique du sommet du fer, le bord inférieur de la lame s'incurvant vers l'intérieur puis formant un coude avec le manche. Le centre du fer forme un angle d'environ 90 à 115° avec le manche. La plupart des francisques ont un œil rond ou en goutte d'eau pour le passage d'un manche conique [...] La plupart des lames de francisque mesurent entre onze et vingt-deux centimètres de long et pèsent entre 200 et 1 300 g.  2, record 3, French, - francisque

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Record 4,  Textual support,  English

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Carving tools. All tribes used some combination of chisels, crooked knives, adzes, wedges and mauls.... The most common adze type was the elbow adze used in the north and central regions [of the Northwest Pacific Coast]. The "elbow" in elbow adze refers to the crook of the haft and not its action in use.... The length and heft of the haft of an elbow adze determined the size of the blade and therefore the size of the chip.... A shaping elbow adze was used for the initial roughing and hollowing of the work. A finishing of surfacing elbow adze had the haft cut away so that the blade springs on impact, popping out the chip.  2, record 4, English, - elbow%20adze

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

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Parallèlement à ces manches de houes, on peut noter deux formes semblables pour la herminette à bois [...] au fer spécifique plus petit et plus étroit que le petit fer de houe : la herminette coudée au manche plus fin [...], destinée à tailler les mortiers, les sièges, etc., et la herminette à manche droit, pour creuser l'intérieur du tambour long.  1, record 4, French, - herminette%20coud%C3%A9e

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Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

to furnish with a haft.  1, record 5, English, - haft

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Record 6,  Textual support,  English

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an antler piece of an adze holding a blade in an end socket and fastened to a haft at the opposite end  1, record 6, English, - antler%20adze%20head

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Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

the part carved into a mortice at one end to hold a stone axe head; it was either set into a socket in a wooden haft, or perforated to take the haft  1, record 7, English, - axe%20sleeve

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

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Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

an adze part usually of antler carved into a mortice at one end for holding a stone blade, and fixed to a haft at the opposite end  1, record 8, English, - adze%20socket%20piece

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish