They found evidence of use-like small fractures-along the edges of the inch-long flakes.

他们发现，这种1英寸长的石片边缘有使用痕迹——小裂口。

Places like Mount Rushmore, people take the chips that were created when they created the sculptures.

像拉什莫尔山国家纪念公园这样的地方，人们会拿走当时制作雕塑时留下的石片。

We can tell slate from all other rocks by the way it splits into very thin layers.

板石跟其他石头的不同, 就在于它能分成非常薄的石片。

The team then tested replicas of the flakes to butcher wild boars and deer and sheep.

之后，研究团队对石片复制品进行测试，用其来宰杀野猪、鹿和羊。

Pieces of slate are put on the roofs of houses, to keep out the rain. Water cannot pass through slate.

板石片也放在屋顶上, 用来挡雨。水是透不过板石的。

His team studied 283 stone flakes found in Israel, at a site inhabited by our Homo erectus relatives, half a million years ago.

他的团队研究283块石片，这些石片发现于我们直立猿人近亲50万前的以色列居住地点。

And now archaeologists have examined another overlooked artifact-small stone flakes, typically thought to be by-products from the production of tools like hand axes and cleavers.

现在考古家研究另一件被忽视的人工制品——小石片，这通常被认为是手工斧和砍刀等工具生产的副产品。

He started with a clean " slate" , took nothing for " granite" , got ready for a " feldsparing" match, utterly " pumiced" the competition.

他从一块干净的“石片板”开始，认为没什么是理所当“花岗岩”的，他为一场“长石”比赛做准备并完全“磨掉”比赛。

And now archaeologists have examined another overlooked artifact—small stone flakes, typically thought to be by-products from the production of tools like hand axes and cleavers.

现在， 考古家检查另一件被忽视的文物——小石片，通常被认为是手斧和切肉刀等工具生产的副产品。

Pretty things! fine things! cried the little girl enthusiastically, holding up two glittering fragments of mica. When we goes back to home I'll give them to brother Bob.

小女孩拿起两块云母石片给他看，高兴地说：多漂亮啊！真好！回家我就把它送给小弟弟鲍伯。

The most prominent feature of the cluster is that most tomb chambers were constructed with stone pieces, but some tombs were made of brick and stone.

据介绍，该墓葬群最突出的特征是墓室普遍采用一种俗称" 砂轮片" 的石片构筑，也有部分墓葬以砖石构。

" Hodor, don't" ! said Bran, but too late. Hodor tossed the slate over the edge. " You shouldn't have done that. You don't know what's down there. You might have hurt something, or... or woken something up" .

" 阿多，不要！" 布兰说，但太晚。阿多将石片扔过边缘，" 你不该这么做，不知道下面有什么。也许会伤到什么，或者… … 或者唤醒什么。"