flint knife
Primitive cutting tool
A flint knife is a cutting tool made from flint stone, shaped by chipping or flaking to create a sharp edge.
Flint knives were among humanity's earliest tools, used for butchering, scraping hides, and cutting plant material.
The term appears in archaeology and historical contexts: They uncovered flint knives at the Neolithic site.
- obsidianGlassy igneous rock
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- chertFine-grained siliceous stone
- knappingFracturing stone for tools
pressure flaking · prehistoric · arrowhead · scraper · sharp · sharp edge · cutting edge · primitive · primitive weapon · tool · hunting · flaking · edge · cutting · neolithic · caveman · handaxe · spearpoint
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