lithic
Example Sentences
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The wholesale transition from the realm of living fire to that of lithic fire may stand as a working definition of the Anthropocene.
From Slate • May 16, 2016
The terms quartz wacke, lithic wacke, and feldspathic wacke are used.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
His research interests include archaeological methods, lithic analysis, and the origins of modern culture.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 24, 2012
All of her ash was lithic, old stony stuff created from her own edifice.
From Scientific American • Jul. 7, 2012
He sank into a chair at the table, lumpishly, as if his limbs had grown thick and lithic, while she poured out a cup of tea and cut some ham.
From The Judge by West, Rebecca
