ancient tools
Stone Age equipment
Ancient tools are implements made and used by early humans, typically from the Stone Age through early metalworking periods.
The phrase appears in archaeology and anthropology to describe artifacts like hand axes, scrapers, and grinding stones: The museum's collection of ancient tools includes obsidian blades from 10,000 BCE.
In figurative use, ancient tools can dismiss outdated technology: We're still using ancient tools while our competitors have modernized.
- axeBladed tool for chopping
- chiselEdged carving implement
- spearPole with sharp point
- adzeTransverse-bladed hewing implement
- cooking potVessel for heating food
fire starter · awl · bone needle · hoe · artifact · arrow · hammerstone · mortar · pestle · sling · drill · wedge · scraper · quern · scythe · knife · mallet · knapping
- prehistoryNeolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen, paleolithic
- Archaeological Museumartifacts, pottery, pottery shards, fossils, mummies
- antiquitiesamphorae, bronze swords, antiquities, grave goods, Roman busts
- Bronze Agebronze swords, bronze, bronze jewelry, bronze dagger, bronze mirrors
- Aboriginal Prehistoryboomerangs, didgeridoo, spears, rock shelters, cave art
- Andean agriculturequinoa, potatoes, potato, terraces, terrace farming
ancient toolsadvanced technology
Sophisticated modern developments
complex systems · precision instruments · smart devices · automated systems · nanotechnology
ancient toolsautomated systems
Technology operating without human intervention
robots · power tools · artificial intelligence · industrial robots · CNC machines