In archaeology a flake tool is a type of stone tool created by striking a flake from a prepared stone core. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from the Greek words αÏχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech/discourse) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Ancient stone tools A stone tool is, in the most general sense, any tool made of stone. ... In archaeology, a lithic flake is a thin, sharp fragment of stone that results from the process of lithic reduction. ... In archaeology, a lithic core is a distinctive artifact that results from the practice of lithic reduction. ...
The flake could be sharpened by retouch to create scrapers or burins. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into photo manipulation. ... In archeology, scrapers are unifacial tools that were used either for hideworking or woodworking purposes. ... In lithic reduction, a burin is a special type of lithic flake with a chisel-like edge which prehistoric humans may have used for engraving or for carving wood or bone. ...
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Darvill, T (ed.) (2003). Oxford Concise Dictionary of Archaeology, Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192800051.
Chipped stone tools are made from cryptocrystalline materials such as chert, radiolarite, chalcedony or obsidian via a process known as lithic reduction.
Ground stone tools are maufactured from larger-grained materials such as basalt and some forms of rhyolite, which are not suitable for flaking.
Some ground stone tools are incidental, caused by use with other tools: manos, for example, are hand stones used in conjunction with metates, and develop their ground surfaces through wear.
Flaketools are a class of lithic artifacts where the tool or intended tool is made on a flake and flaketools are classified by tool function including: scrapers, cutting tools, drills, reamers, etc. The flaketool was the most versatile type of lithic tool made, frequently requiring no modification.
Tools made on flakes that broke during their manufacture are classified as tool blanks under this class.
Battered tools are a class of percussive tools used for battering/pecking/shaping (hammerstones) or are battered upon (anvils) and are classified by their morphological configuration as it implies function.
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