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• flake tool — a Paleolithic or later stone tool made from a flake struck from a larger core. [1945 50] * * * Stone Age devices, usually flint (see chert and flint), shaped by flaking off small particles or by breaking off a large flake to use as a tool.… …   Universalium

• flake — [[t]fle͟ɪk[/t]] flakes, flaking, flaked 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n, n N A flake is a small thin piece of something, especially one that has broken off a larger piece. ...flakes of paint... Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall …   English dictionary

• Lithic flake — Flakes may be produced by a variety of means. Force may be introduced by direct percussion (striking the core with a percussor such as a rock or antler), indirect percussion (striking the core with an object, sometimes referred to as a punch,… …   Wikipedia

• Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… …   Universalium

• hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …   Universalium

• Acheulean — (also spelled Acheulian, pron en|əˈʃuːliən) is the name given to an archaeological industry of stone tool manufacture associated with prehistoric hominins during the Lower Palaeolithic era across Africa and much of West Asia and Europe. Acheulean …   Wikipedia

• Lithic reduction — The Levallois technique of flint knapping Lithic reduction involves the use of a hard hammer precursor, such as a hammerstone, a soft hammer fabricator (made of wood, bone or antler), or a wood or antler punch to detach lithic flakes from a lump… …   Wikipedia

• Prehistoric Norfolk — This prehistory of the County of Norfolk, England is broken into specific time periods. Norfolk has a very rich prehistoric past, from the Palaeolithic 750,000 years ago, to end of the Iron Age 2000 years age. Indeed, Norfolk has the earliest… …   Wikipedia

• Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology       Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… …   Universalium

• Stone tool — A stone tool is, in the most general sense, any tool made of stone. Although stone tool dependent cultures exist even today, most stone tools are associated with prehistoric societies that no longer exist.The study of stone tools is often called… …   Wikipedia

• Hand axe — Acheulean hand axes from Kent. The types shown are (clockwise from top) cordate, ficron and ovate …   Wikipedia