stone tools
Knapped ancient artifacts
Stone tools are implements made by chipping, flaking, or grinding stone—humanity's primary technology for over two million years before metalworking.
The term usually refers to prehistoric artifacts: hand axes, scrapers, arrowheads, and blades crafted from flint, obsidian, or other workable stone.
Archaeologists uncovered stone tools at the dig site dating back 40,000 years.
- knappingFracturing stone for tools
- PaleolithicEarliest archaeological era
- flintSpark-producing sedimentary rock
- cutSeverance or reduction
- hammerstoneStone-shaping striking implement
obsidian · scraper · sharp · sharp edge · cutting edge · pressure flaking · archaeology · excavation · museum exhibit · retouching · flaking · point · prehistoric · hand axe · chopper · Homo erectus · chert · handaxe
- archaeology museumsRoman artifacts, Mayan artifacts, cuneiform tablets, amphorae, sarcophagi
- prehistoric artifactscave paintings, megaliths, Stonehenge, dolmens, menhirs
- Southwest antiquitiescliff dwellings, pottery shards, petroglyphs, rock art, ancient dwellings
- Paleoanthropologyearly humans, Homo erectus, Australopithecus, skull fragments, bone fragments
- Aegean archaeologyCyclades, Minoan, Minoans, Aegean Sea, bronze age
- Arctic PrehistoryThule culture, microblades, harpoons, bone tools, seal hunting
stone toolspower tools
Motor-driven implements
precision instruments · machine tools · high technology · laser cutters · industrial machinery