primitive tools
Early human instruments
Primitive tools are implements made with basic materials and simple techniques—stone axes, wooden spears, bone needles.
The phrase appears in anthropology and archaeology to describe early human technology, but also in survival contexts for tools fashioned without modern equipment: We learned to make primitive tools at wilderness camp.
The term can carry condescending overtones when applied to non-Western cultures.
- bow drillCord-spun friction firemaker
- clubOrganization with membership
- spearPole with sharp point
- fire drillEmergency evacuation practice
- flintSpark-producing sedimentary rock
fire starting · prehistoric · sling · handaxe · bow and arrow · scraper · cutting tool · hammerstone · fishing hook · burin · obsidian · sharp edge · net · neolithic · early humans · bone · animal hide · hoe
- prehistoryNeolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen, paleolithic
- prehistoric humanscaveman, cave dwellers, cave dweller, Neanderthal, Neanderthals
- ancient farmingancient farming, crops, fields, early farming, cultivation
primitive toolsadvanced technology
Sophisticated modern developments
power tools · precision instruments · cutting-edge technology · smart devices · CNC machines