Meaning of speleofact | Babel Free

Definitions

item deliberately extracted from a speleothem for the purpose of usage in a particular function

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“Speleofacts, like artifacts, are formed by removal of material, addition of material, or both. Speleofacts are of two general types: speleogens, such as scour troughs, dome-pits, and drip pockets, form by solution and corrasion excavating cave rock and sediments; speleothems, such as flowstone, stalactites, and cave pearls, form by deposition of calcite within the cave.”

“Note that the burnt bone was covered by a reddish and blackened speleofact”

“Prehistoric humans intentionally modified stalagmites in the Cova Dones cave in Spain, forming over 100 structures—known as speleofacts—as a result.”

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