microgravette

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ gravette.

Noun

microgravette (plural microgravettes)

1. (archaeology) A small projectile point (from the Stone Age)
   • 2015 July 9, “Analysis of Site Formation and Assemblage Integrity Does Not Support Attribution of the Uluzzian to Modern Humans at Grotta del Cavallo”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     These bags contain a number of robust microgravette points (or fragments thereof) that are more likely to belong in these periods than in the Romanellian, diagnostics of which (very small thumbnail scrapers, very narrow backed bladelets) are mostly to be found in bags with a “B-I” label.