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  2. Lithic reduction - Wikipedia

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    In archaeology, in particular of the Stone Age, lithic reduction is the process of fashioning stones or rocks from their natural state into tools or weapons by removing some parts. It has been intensely studied and many archaeological industries are identified almost entirely by the lithic analysis of the precise style of their tools and the ...

  3. Category:Nelson Rockefeller - Wikipedia

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    Category: Nelson Rockefeller. ... Electoral history of Nelson Rockefeller; Estate of Rockefeller v. Commissioner; G. Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza; H.

  4. Lithic technology - Wikipedia

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    The flakes are shaped using the lithic reduction techniques, allowing for creation of various tools such as arrowheads and handaxes. Two stone characteristics will determine whether one is able to chip away large enough flakes to make tools out of: whether the stone is of a cryptocrystalline structure, and how conchoidally the stone fractures ...

  5. Chaîne opératoire - Wikipedia

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    The term denotes a description of the stages of production of material culture—especially pottery and stone tools made through lithic reduction—from raw material acquisition to tool production to use to abandonment. [1] [2] [3] The chaîne opératoire was born out of archaeologists' interest in elevating lithic analysis beyond simple ...

  6. Nelson Rockefeller - Wikipedia

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    Nelson A. Rockefeller Park is an enclave within Battery Park City in New York City. The following institutions and facilities have been named in honor of Nelson A. Rockefeller: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences, Dartmouth College, a social science research center. [158]

  7. Megan Marshack, forever linked with former VP Nelson ... - AOL

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    Megan Marshack, an aide to former New York governor and Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, was with him the night died suddenly in 1979. Marshack later lived and worked as a reporter in Placerville.

  8. What is the history of the Rockefeller Christmas Tree? The ...

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    That year, for the first tree, Rockefeller Center workers banded together to come up with the means to install a 20-foot balsam fir. Kind families spent time handcrafting decorations.

  9. Musical historicism - Wikipedia

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    Musical historicism signifies the use in classical music of historical materials, structures, styles, techniques, media, conceptual content, etc., whether by a single composer or those associated with a particular school, movement, or period.