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Stone Age. Stone tools may be made of either ground stone or knapped stone, the latter fashioned by a craftsman called a flintknapper. Stone has been used
Stone_tool
Type of stone used to produce stone tools
archaeology, a tool stone is a type of stone that is used to manufacture stone tools, or tools that use stone as raw material. Generally speaking, tools that require
Tool_stone
Prehistoric period before metal tools
The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The
Stone_Age
Object used to achieve a goal
and making tools in the animal kingdom, as use of stone tools dates back hundreds of millennia, and also in using tools to make other tools, many animals
Tool
Prehistoric tool
a long, thin, prehistoric, stone or bronze tool similar to an adze, hoe, or ax. A shoe-last celt was a polished stone tool used during the early European
Celt_(tool)
Tool created from bone
scraping against an abrasive stone, into such items as arrow and spear points, needles, awls, and fish hooks. Other bone tools include spoons, knives, pins
Bone_tool
American rock band
Tool is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1990. The group consists of vocalist Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones, drummer Danny Carey
Tool_(band)
Archaeological culture associated with Homo erectus
after the type site of Saint-Acheul, is an archaeological industry of stone tool manufacture characterized by the distinctive oval and pear-shaped "hand
Acheulean
Act of shaping stone materials
material, stone work has survived which was created during our prehistory or past time. Work carried out by paleolithic societies to create stone tools is more
Stone_carving
Archaeological culture
The Oldowan (or Mode I) was a widespread stone tool archaeological industry during the early Lower Paleolithic spanning the late Pliocene and the first
Oldowan
Earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic
the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. It spans the time from around 3.3 million years ago when the first evidence for stone tool production and use by hominins
Lower_Paleolithic
Archaeological period, last part of the Stone Age (New Stone Age)
At least seven stone circles, covering 25 acres (10 ha), contain limestone pillars carved with animals, insects, and birds. Stone tools were used by perhaps
Neolithic
Process of fashioning stones or rocks into tools and weapons
in particular of the Stone Age, lithic reduction is the process of fashioning stones or rocks from their natural state into tools or weapons by removing
Lithic_reduction
Images carved on a rock surface as a form of rock art
petroglyph comes from the Greek prefix petro-, from πέτρα petra meaning "stone", and γλύφω glýphō meaning "carve", and was originally coined in French
Petroglyph
1993 studio album by Tool
brethren in the alternative-metal corps—Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, and Helmet—Tool can crunch and lumber about with the best of them. What put
Undertow_(Tool_album)
Prehistoric period, first part of the Stone Age
PAY-lee-oh-LITH-ik, PAL-ee-), or Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory distinguished by the original development of stone tools. It represents almost the
Paleolithic
Prehistoric stone tool
ground stone is a category of stone tool formed by the grinding of a coarse-grained tool stone, either purposely or incidentally. Ground stone tools are
Ground_stone
Stone tool
hand axe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history. It is made from stone, usually flint or chert that
Hand_axe
Period in African prehistory
and ended around 50–25,000 years ago. The beginnings of particular MSA stone tools have their origins as far back as 550–500,000 years ago and as such some
Middle_Stone_Age
Type of stone tool
In archaeology a chopping tool is a stone tool. Stone tools are usually dated by determining the age of the find context e.g. by carbon-14 dating and
Chopping_tool
Prehistoric period: Copper Age
Russia, where there was no well-defined Copper Age between the Stone and Bronze Ages. Stone tools were still predominantly used during this period. The Chalcolithic
Chalcolithic
Abrasive slab used to sharpen tools
Sharpening stones, or whetstones, are used to sharpen the edges of steel tools such as knives through grinding and honing. Such stones come in a wide
Sharpening_stone
Period of human history before records
history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins c. 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history
Prehistory
Prehistoric period, second part of the Stone Age
the type of stone toolkit. The Mesolithic used a microlithic technology – composite devices manufactured with Mode V chipped stone tools (microliths)
Mesolithic
Hardened tool used to cut material from the workpiece
cutting tool or cutter is typically a hardened metal tool that is used to cut, shape, and remove material from a workpiece by means of machining tools as well
Cutting_tool_(machining)
Axe specifically designed for combat
bronze and jade have been found. The Chinese fu appeared in the Stone Age as a tool. In the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1060 BCE), the fu began to be made
Battle_axe
Afro-Eurasian Middle Paleolithic culture
The Mousterian (or Mode III) is an archaeological industry of stone tools, associated primarily with the Neanderthals in Europe, and with the earliest
Mousterian
Subdivision of the Paleolithic, or Old Stone Age
the same crude stone tools. Archaeologist Richard G. Klein, who has worked extensively on ancient stone tools, describes the stone tool kit of archaic
Upper_Paleolithic
Prehistoric ivory sculpture discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel, a cave in Germany
Kurt Wehrberger conducted an experimental replication with the kinds of stone tools available at the time. Removing the base of the tusk took ten hours.
Lion-man
Type of stone tool
archaeology, a flake tool is a type of stone tool that was used during the Stone Age that was created by striking a flake from a prepared stone core. People during
Flake_tool
Biface stone tool
type of biface stone tool of the Lower Palaeolithic. Cleavers resemble hand axes in that they are large and oblong or U-shaped tools meant to be held
Cleaver_(Stone_Age_tool)
Upper Paleolithic culture of Europe
Upper Paleolithic. A carving of a running horse, Hayonim Cave, Levant. Stone tools from the Aurignacian culture are known as Mode 4, characterized by blades
Aurignacian
Dwelling
require specialized tools or knowledge. Huts exist in practically all nomadic cultures, being built with materials such as wood, snow, stone, grass, palm leaves
Hut
Period in African prehistory
destroyed. Differences in stone tool technologies are often used to distinguish between the Middle Stone Age and the Later Stone Age. The larger prepared
Late_Stone_Age
Paleolithic artifact from Congo
discovered a bone about the "size of a pencil" amongst human remains and many stone tools in a small community that fished and gathered in this area of Africa
Ishango_bone
Surgically drilling a hole in the skull
"medicine men". This group used materials such as stone, obsidian, bronze, or bone shaped into hand-held tools. The intentional perforation of the cranium exposes
Trepanning
Middle Eastern Neolithic culture
PPNA settlements are characterized by round, semi-subterranean houses with stone foundations and terrazzo-floors. The upper walls were constructed of unbaked
Pre-Pottery_Neolithic_A
Portion of rock removed from an objective piece by percussion or pressure
reduced by the removal of flakes, is known as a core. Once the proper tool stone has been selected, a percussor or pressure flaker (e.g., an antler tine)
Lithic_flake
Period before the First Dynasty of Egypt
oldest archaeological finds in Egypt, stone tools belonging to the Oldowan industry, are poorly dated. These tools are succeeded by those belonging to the
Prehistoric_Egypt
Shaping of conchoidal fracturing stone to manufacture stone tools
fracturing stone through the process of lithic reduction to manufacture stone tools, strikers for flintlock firearms, or to produce flat-faced stones for building
Knapping
Aspect of human history
in tool and weapon manufacture. Evidence dating to roughly 164,000 years ago indicates that early humans in South Africa during the Middle Stone Age
Control of fire by early humans
Control_of_fire_by_early_humans
Memory aid device
of the tool. It was found in 1950 in Ishango (east Belgian Congo). The single tally stick was an elongated piece of bone, ivory, wood, or stone which is
Tally_stick
Period of Arabia before documented history
about where the humans who came to occupy Arabia came from. A series of stone tool assemblages from the excavations at Jebel Faya, found in the coast of
Prehistoric_Arabia
Naturally occurring mineral aggregate
earliest humans lived. This early period, called the Stone Age, saw the development of many stone tools. Stone was then used as a major component in the construction
Rock_(geology)
Prehistoric stone tool
lithic flakes from a lump of tool stone during the process of lithic reduction. The hammerstone is a rather universal stone tool which appeared early in most
Hammerstone
Stone age tool
type of stone tool, a handheld lithic flake with a chisel-like edge which prehistoric humans used for carving or finishing wood or bone tools or weapons
Burin_(lithic_flake)
Place for a fire to heat the home and to cook food, usually of masonry
hood, or chimney. Hearths are usually composed of masonry such as brick or stone. For millennia, the hearth was such an integral part of a home, usually
Hearth
Paintings, often prehistoric, on cave walls and ceilings
of the rock art sites are found together with evidence of prehistoric stone tools, suggesting that the art could predate the widely presumed pastoralist
Cave_painting
In archaeology, a stone artifact left over from toolmaking
the detachment of one or more flakes from a lump of source material or tool stone, usually by using a hard hammer precursor such as a hammerstone. The core
Lithic_core
Archaeological site in Turkey
cooking tools and some stone tools, unbroken quern-stones and storage units were more unevenly distributed. Private possessions existed but shared tools also
Çatalhöyük
Ring of standing stones
A stone circle is a ring of megalithic standing stones. Most are found in Northwestern Europe – especially Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany
Stone_circle
Ancient production techniques
broad array of techniques used to produce usable tools from various types of stone. The earliest stone tools to date have been found at the site of Lomekwi
Lithic_technology
Archeological term; material produced during the process of lithic reduction
during the process of lithic reduction – the production of stone tools and weapons by knapping stone. This assemblage may include the different kinds of lithic
Debitage
Distinctive type of stone knapping technique used by ancient humans
type of stone knapping developed around 250,000 to 400,000 years ago during the Middle Palaeolithic period. It is part of the Mousterian stone tool industry
Levallois_technique
Throwing weapon
needed] As a survival tool, the throwing stick is one of the most effective and easiest tools to obtain. It can be used as a digging tool for making fire-pits
Throwing_stick
Fossil site in San Diego County, California
the ample supply of good stone for making tools in the area, saying that "the absence of clearly modified chipped stone tools at the CML is damning". They
Cerutti_Mastodon_site
Process by which an artifact is attached to a haft
hafted stone tools. Over time, hafting evolved, and tools became deadlier with more control. Evolution has brought us from small, dull stone tools to longer
Hafting
cairns, which are simply large piles of loose stones (as opposed to chambered cairns) standing stone rings, such as Stonehenge, also do not count because
List of oldest extant buildings
List_of_oldest_extant_buildings
Tool to give more leverage when throwing a spear-like projectile
A spear-thrower, spear-throwing lever, or atlatl is a tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in dart or javelin throwing, and includes a bearing
Spear-thrower
Archaeological industry of the European Upper Paleolithic
of tools such as blunted-back knives, tanged arrowheads and boomerangs. Other innovations include the use of woven nets and oil lamps made of stone. Blades
Gravettian
tools have been found. It includes sites where compelling evidence of hominin tool use has been found, even if no actual tools have been found. Stone
List_of_earliest_tools
Transition of human species to anthropologically modern behavior
of early stone-tipped projectile weapons (a characteristic tool of Homo sapiens), the stone tips of javelins or throwing spears, were discovered in 2013
Behavioral_modernity
Petrospheres from late Neolithic Scotland
prehistoric technology with no recourse to the use of metal tools. Of the 387 carved stone balls known in 1976 (now about 425), 375 are about 70 mm in
Carved_stone_balls
2006 studio album by Tool
Days is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Tool. The album was released by Tool Dissectional and Volcano Entertainment in parts of Europe
10,000_Days_(Tool_album)
Anthropomorphic stone stelae within the perimeter of a tumulus
meaning 'ancestor' or 'grandfather') are anthropomorphic stone stelae, images cut from stone, installed atop, within or around kurgans (i.e. tumuli),
Kurgan_stelae
Tool equipment powered manually
forms of hand tools. Portable power tools are not hand tools. Hand tools have been used by humans since the Stone Age, when stone tools were used for
Hand_tool
Type of prehistoric Native American stone carving
American fiber processing, is the bird stone was a tool used for mat-making and weaving.[citation needed] Many stones have been found near waterways and swamp
Bird_stone
Neolithic culture in upper Mesopotamia and the Levant c. 8800–6500 BC
earlier mixed agrarian and hunter-gatherer diet. In addition, the flint tool kit of the period is new and quite disparate from that of the earlier period
Pre-Pottery_Neolithic_B
example, bearded capuchins use stones and sticks, or two stones. This is called "associative", "secondary" or "sequential" tool use. Some animals use other
Tool_use_by_non-human_animals
Type of house with a circular plan, usually with a conical roof
areas well into the Sub Roman period. The people built walls made of either stone or of wooden posts joined by wattle-and-daub panels, and topped with a conical
Roundhouse_(dwelling)
Mound of earth and stones raised over graves
variety of artifacts, including tools and points made from stone and animal bones, a bone whistle, and red ochre colored stones. The juvenile is oriented with
Tumulus
Technology that predates recorded history
was developed, technology began with the earliest hominids who used stone tools, which they first used to hunt food, and later to cook. There are several
Prehistoric_technology
Archaeological industry of the European Upper Paleolithic
The Solutrean /səˈljuːtriən/ industry is a relatively advanced flint tool-making style of the Upper Paleolithic of the Final Gravettian, from around 22
Solutrean
Typological classification of stone tools
In the archaeology of the Stone Age, an industry or technocomplex is a typological classification of stone tools. An industry consists of a number of lithic
Industry_(archaeology)
Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic cultures
parts of the British Isles. In northern Spain and south-west France this tool culture was superseded by the Azilian culture. In northern Europe it was
Magdalenian
Long, narrow, specialized stone flake tool with a sharp edge, like a small razor blade
In archaeology, a prismatic blade is a long, narrow, specialized stone flake tool with a sharp edge, like a small razor blade. Blade segments were sometimes
Prismatic_blade
Prehistoric human occupation of Britain
around 900,000 years ago is at Happisburgh on the Norfolk coast, with stone tools and now destroyed footprints possibly made by Homo antecessor or Homo
Prehistoric_Britain
Shallow cave-like opening at the base of a bluff or cliff
prehistoric humans often used them as living places, leaving behind debris, tools, and other artifacts. Rock shelters in montane areas can be of use to mountaineers
Rock_shelter
Type of stone tool
pebble tool with an irregular cutting edge formed through the removal of flakes from one side of a stone. Choppers are crude forms of stone tool and are
Chopper_(archaeology)
American hip-hop group
diverse lineup of acts such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ice Cube, Lush, Tool, Stone Temple Pilots, among others. The trio also supported the Cypress Hill
Cypress_Hill
Relationship between language and human evolution
the stone tool technology of hominins changed very little. Klein, who has worked extensively on ancient stone tools, describes the crude stone tool kit
Origin_of_language
Scientific analysis of chipped stone artifacts
In archaeology, lithic analysis is the analysis of stone tools and other chipped stone artifacts using basic scientific techniques. At its most basic
Lithic_analysis
This is a descriptive list of Stone Age art, the period of prehistory characterised by the widespread use of stone tools. This article contains, by sheer
List_of_Stone_Age_art
Small stone-built coffin-like box, ossua or dolmen
Ancient Greek: κίστη; cognate to English: chest) or cist grave is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead. In
Cist
New World prehistoric projectile
Caches: Current perspectives and future directions". "13,000-Year-Old Stone Tool Cache in Colorado Shows Evidence of Camel, Horse Butchering". University
Clovis_point
1834-4453.1987.tb00159.x. Shea, John J. (2013). "The Epipalaeolithic". Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Timeline_of_prehistory
Period in Levantine history
the Younger Dryas 11,700 years ago, when in some areas of Europe most stone tools were small versions of Upper Paleolithic ones, before the introduction
Epipalaeolithic
Prehistoric tool type
In prehistoric archaeology, scrapers are unifacial tools thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking. Many lithic analysts maintain that
Scraper_(archaeology)
Woodworking tool with the cutting edge perpendicular to the handle
cutting tool similar to an axe but with the cutting edge perpendicular to the handle rather than parallel. Adzes have been used since the Stone Age. They
Adze
Type of megalithic tomb
or more burial chambers covered in earth or stone and having a narrow access passage made of large stones. These structures usually date from the Neolithic
Passage_grave
Disputed oldest known musical instrument
on some pointed stone tools. Turk and colleagues found experimentally that the same type of damage occurs if one hits the stone tool with a wooden hammer
Divje_Babe_flute
Paleolithic artefact from South Africa
The Lebombo bone is a bone tool made of a baboon fibula with incised markings discovered in Border Cave in the Lebombo Mountains located between South
Lebombo_bone
Type of stone tool
archaeology, a lithic blade is a type of stone tool created during lithic reduction by striking a long narrow flake from a stone core. Lithic blades are generally
Lithic_blade
Oldest form of prehistoric art
antler, stone and ivory, such as the Venus figurines, and musical instruments such as flutes. Decoration was also made on functional tools, such as spear
Art_of_the_Upper_Paleolithic
Archaeological site in Japan
Futagoyama Stone Tool Production Site (二子山石器製作遺跡, Futagoyama sekki-seisaku iseki) is an archaeological site with the traces of a late Jōmon period stone tool production
Futagoyama Stone Tool Production Site
Futagoyama_Stone_Tool_Production_Site
Type of Bronze Age chamber tomb
outside. In both sub-types a stone circle surrounds the whole tomb and a kerb often runs around the cairn. The standing stones vary in height so that the
Clava_cairn
evidence for the use of ochre in the hafting technology of Middle Stone Age tools from Sibudu Cave". Southern African Humanities. 18: 57–67.; Lombard
Art_of_the_Middle_Paleolithic
Primitive weapon component
or minerals that were used to make stone tools in various regions back to their original sources. As well as stone, projectile points were also made of
Projectile_point
Stone tool for hand-grinding
A quern-stone is a stone tool for hand-grinding a wide variety of materials, especially for various types of grains. They are used in pairs. The lower
Quern-stone
Peoples who forage or hunt for most or all of their food
involved creating specialized tools such as fishing nets, hooks, and bone harpoons. Archaeologists can use evidence such as stone tool use to track hunter-gatherer
Hunter-gatherer
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