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A process in which stone flakes are removed from a sstone tool so that the flake "scars" are parallel. Parallel flaking is used for both finish and detail work on stone tools and is considered the sign of a master stone worker. Parallel flaked stone tools are relatively rare.
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"A hippopotamus ivory and flint ripple bladed knife from Gebel el-Arak near Abydos, Egypt." by Rama is licensed under CC BY-SA.
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Kipfer, Barbara Ann
2014 Parallel Flaking. The Adventures of Archaeology Wordsmith. Http://www.archaeologywordsmith.com/lookup.php?terms=flaking, accessed Augsut 1, 2014.