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Stone tool

Stone tools have been used throughout human history but are most closely associated with prehistoric cultures and in particular those of the Stone Age. Stone tools may be made of either ground stone or knapped stone, the latter fashioned by a craftsman called a flintknapper.

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Stone tool

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Stone tool

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related to External links · 61
Stone tool → Archived, August, Austin, Bamforth, Brian, California, Collection, Common Stone Types, Culture, English Heritage, Fagan, February, Flaked Stone Tool Technology, Function, George, Globalising, Google Arts, Grace, Gunness, Hawaii Anthropology Department
related to Neolithic industries · 27
Stone tool → BC, Because, Belgium, Cissbury, During, Elsewhere, English Lake District, Grimes Graves, Ground, In, In Britain, Japan, Japanese Paleolithic, Langdale, Manos, Mons, Neolithic, Polished, Polishing, Spiennes
related to Mode I: The Oldowan Industry · 25
Stone tool → Africa, After, Australopithecus, Ethiopia, Eurasia, Experiments, Gona, Grasping, Homa Peninsula, Hominan, Homo, Java, Kenya, Ledi-Geraru, Lower Palaeolithic, Ma, Mode, Northern China, Nyayanga, Oldowan
related to Pre-Mode I · 16
Stone tool → Australopithecus, Dating, Dikika, East Africa, Ethiopia, Grooved, Homo, Kenya, Kenyanthropus, Lake Turkana, Lomekwi, Lucy, Pliocene, Selam, Stone, The
related to Evolution · 14
Stone tool → Africa, Archaeologists, Each, Europe, Grahame Clark, He, In, Lower Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Middle Palaeolithic, Mode, Modes, Upper Paleolithic, World Prehistory
related to Aboriginal Australian use · 11
Stone tool → Aboriginal Australian, Australia, Complex, Gunditjmara, Many, Oral, Other, Stone, The, They, Victoria
related to Mode V: The Microlithic Industries · 5
Stone tool → Examples, Magdalenian, Mode, Mounting, Such
related to Modern uses · 4
Stone tool → Brandon, English, Stone, The

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chertinstance ofstone tool use and manufacture.Knapped stone tools are made from cryptocrystalline materials0.80text
flintinstance ofstone tool use and manufacture.Knapped stone tools are made from cryptocrystalline materials0.80text
radiolariteinstance ofstone tool use and manufacture.Knapped stone tools are made from cryptocrystalline materials0.80text
chalcedonyinstance ofstone tool use and manufacture.Knapped stone tools are made from cryptocrystalline materials0.80text
obsidianinstance ofstone tool use and manufacture.Knapped stone tools are made from cryptocrystalline materials0.80text
basaltinstance ofstone tool use and manufacture.Knapped stone tools are made from cryptocrystalline materials0.80text
and quartzite via a splitting process known as lithic reductioninstance ofstone tool use and manufacture.Knapped stone tools are made from cryptocrystalline materials0.80text
scrapersinstance ofwhich can then be fashioned into a variety of tools0.80text
knivesinstance ofwhich can then be fashioned into a variety of tools0.80text
sicklesinstance ofwhich can then be fashioned into a variety of tools0.80text
and microlithsinstance ofwhich can then be fashioned into a variety of tools0.80text
obsidianinstance ofMaterials0.80text

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