flake tool
noun
: a Stone-Age tool that is a flake of stone struck off from a larger piece
called also flake
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The deer bone beside Skull 5, for example, had a stone flake tool embedded in it, and tool marks on some of the other animal bones suggest the hominids, at least occasionally, enjoyed the choicest cuts.
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Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2015
The researchers uncovered thousands of stone flake tools used for cutting and scraping.
—Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 25 Feb. 2020
Pointy antler tines can be sawn or broken off to create pressure flaking tools to chip arrowheads, stone knives and a host of other lithic resources.
—Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 17 Dec. 2019
Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2015
The researchers uncovered thousands of stone flake tools used for cutting and scraping.
—Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 25 Feb. 2020
Pointy antler tines can be sawn or broken off to create pressure flaking tools to chip arrowheads, stone knives and a host of other lithic resources.
—Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 17 Dec. 2019
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