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Burin
The term “Burin” refers to a tool used by engravers that has a thin, pointed blade and it used to etch or cut. The first known use of the word dates back to France in the mid-1600s when the term was coined for the tool we know today. (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/burin) The term is derived from the Italian word Burino or Bulino which is a masculine noun ‘to engrave’. (https://www.wordsense.eu/bulino/)

The earliest uses of a burin come from the Lower Peleolithic era, the tool was created and used by early humans to sharpen, cut, and chisel through bone, antler, wood, and other dense elements that early humans encountered. The tool came from the mineral flint and if referred to a ‘flake’. The burin is created when the smaller flake is struck by a larger one, this chips away at the mineral creating a sharp point. The tool was used alone or with a handle made of either animal hide or wood in later years. (pbs.org/wgbh/nova/stoneage/tool-nf.html)
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In its earliest uses the burin cut and carved bone, antler, and wood to create sketches and images. It was created by humans in the Lower Paleolithic era by striking two flakes or flint together until the smaller of the two formed a point sharp enough to engrave a surface. Some art such as sketches and pictures from this time period can be attributed to the use of the burin as an etching or engraving tool.
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Archeology
Specialist’s study what typology and technology defines a Burin as elements of the tool has been seen through history ranging from a carved prehistoric tool made of tough minerals to a modern engravers tool (https://www.jstor.org/stable/20177510?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents pg 86). A prehistoric Burin dates back to the Lower Paleolithic era and are commonly found in those digging sites. The tool in this sense was used to sharpen, cut, and chisel through bone, antler, wood, and other dense elements that early humans encountered. Mostly, the tool was used to carve images. (https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/behavior/stone-tools/later-stone-age-tools/burin-laugerie-haute-basse-dordogne-france) People in the Paleolithic era society were hunter-gathers and chose locations of living that could be defended against predators and weather. The tool is created by striking the mineral flake with edge of a larger flake causing the edge to chip and become sharp and pointed. The tool can be used by itself, with an animal hide handle, or in later years a wooden handle became common. (pbs.org/wgbh/nova/stoneage/tool-nf.html)