Resharpening

Re-flaking a dulled blade in antiquity, which shortens and narrows the point over its use-life; a heavily resharpened example has a blade out of proportion to its haft. It is ancient and honest, unlike rechipping, and a label should say “heavily resharpened” rather than “small for type”.

Sources

Andrefsky, W. (2005). Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis, 2nd ed. Cambridge
Whittaker, J. C. (1994). Flintknapping: Making and Understanding Stone Tools. Texas

Cite this article

Stratum Study. "Resharpening" (Glossary). Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-16. https://stratum.black/study/glossary/resharpening. Accessed 2026-09-21.

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@misc{stratum-resharpening,
  title        = {Resharpening},
  author       = {{Stratum Study}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/study/glossary/resharpening}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Glossary article, Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-16; sources: stratum. Accessed 2026-09-21.}
}

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