Talk:Burin (lithic flake)

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

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)
 * I agree; that would be much more logical. Go ahead, unless there are any objections.  Litho  derm  19:56, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * BTW, Burin (disambiguation) already exists as well, and is linked at the top of this article. Aleta  Sing 20:29, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree, since it treats two mostly separate topics. Irrespective if there were originally two articles. ... said: Rursus ( m bork³ ) 20:16, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

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)

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

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 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)