Talk:Burin (lithic flake)

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Merge

This should clearly be merged with Burin (tool), an equally short stub. Johnbod (talk) 03:01, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Split

This article should be split. The archeological term has nothing to do with the engraving definition. This should become a disambig page that points to the two split articles, and the current disambig page should be merged with this new disambig page. Wizard191 (talk) 18:42, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree; that would be much more logical. Go ahead, unless there are any objections. Lithoderm 19:56, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hah! They were originally two articles that were merged into this one. I have no strong opinion either way, but perhaps we should discuss it a little more before going round and round in circles. Aleta ^Sing 20:27, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, Burin (disambiguation) already exists as well, and is linked at the top of this article. Aleta ^Sing 20:29, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, since it treats two mostly separate topics. Irrespective if there were originally two articles. ... said: Rursus (^mbork³) 20:16, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bad photo

Why bother posting a photo if the labels are in a font size to small to read? --70.89.189.78 (talk) 21:56, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.5.130.54 (talk) 06:13, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Burin spall

The article says "Burins exhibit a feature called a "burin spall", in which toolmakers strike a small flake obliquely from the edge of the burin flake in order to form the graving edge." A burin spall is not "a feature of a burin", it is the "small flake" struck from the edge. Burin spalls have themselves sometimes been formed into tools, usually various kinds of piercers. Also, the term "Burin (lithic flake)" is odd. A burin is not a "type of flake", any more than a scraper or an arrowpoint is; it is a distinct tool made FROM a flake, blade etc. by burination. Note that the definition requires the burin edge to be formed by spall removal; lithic tools with a similar form made by grinding (in Paleoeskimo cultures) are referred to as "burin-like tools". - Preceding unsigned comment added by Death Bredon (talk · contribs) 17:20 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. Sometimes Wikipedia says the darndest things. - Hunan201p (talk) 23:21, 24 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Burin en-bec-de-flute" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Burin en-bec-de-flute has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 September 19 § Burin en-bec-de-flute until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 23:59, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]