1He picked out a few carving burins and took the ivory outside.
2In return for the handles, Jondalar had agreed to produce several burins-chisel-likeflint carving tools-tothe handle-maker's specific requirements.
3Good sharp blades, and burins...
4Grooves were cut in the large flake with chisellike burins by etching a line and retracing it several times until the long pieces broke off.
5Burins and specialized flint tools were difficult to make in any case.