LATER TYPE FISHTAIL BIFACE
MAGNIFIED VIEW OF SERRATED EDGE
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD

EGYPT
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COPYRIGHT JUNE 30, 2012 PETER A. BOSTROM

     This magnified view shows a portion of the micro serrated edge of a later type fishtail biface. Tiny serrations are one of the identifiable traits that are observed on many of these finely crafted artifacts. Pressure flaking was probably done with copper. Bruce Bradley (1972) described an average of thirty three serrations per inch from examples in a museum in Cambridge.

Magnified view of micro serrations on fishtail biface.

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