silcrete

English

A bifacial silcrete point from Blombos Cave, South Africa, Middle Stone Age (71,000 BCE)

Etymology

Blend of silica +‎ concrete.

Noun

silcrete (countable and uncountable, plural silcretes)

  1. An indurated duricrust formed when silica is dissolved and resolidifies as a cement.

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.