Archaeologists define a chopper as a pebble tool with an irregular cutting edge formed through the removal of flakes
Lithic flake
In archaeology, a lithic flake is a "portion of rock removed from an objective piece by percussion or pressure," and may also be referred to as a chip or spall, or collectively as debitage.... from one side of a stone.
A stone tool is, in the most cave general sense, any tool made of Rock . Although stone-tool-dependent cultures exist even today, most stone tools are associated with prehistoric societies that no longer exist.... and are found in industries
Archaeological industry
An archaeological industry is the name given to a consistent range of Assemblage s connected with a single product , such as the Langdale axe industry.... as early as the Lower Palaeolithic from around 2 million years ago.
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Archaeologists define a chopper as a pebble tool with an irregular cutting edge formed through the removal of flakes
Lithic flake
In archaeology, a lithic flake is a "portion of rock removed from an objective piece by percussion or pressure," and may also be referred to as a chip or spall, or collectively as debitage.... from one side of a stone.
A stone tool is, in the most cave general sense, any tool made of Rock . Although stone-tool-dependent cultures exist even today, most stone tools are associated with prehistoric societies that no longer exist.... and are found in industries
Archaeological industry
An archaeological industry is the name given to a consistent range of Assemblage s connected with a single product , such as the Langdale axe industry.... as early as the Lower Palaeolithic from around 2 million years ago. Later societies used a more advanced implement sometimes called a chopping tool
Chopping tool
In archaeology, a chopping tool is a form of prehistoric stone tool, considered to be a refinement of the earlier chopper .Unlike the crude chopper, the chopping tool is created by removing lithic flake from two sides of a lithic core.... , which in some cases was refined into the more efficient handaxe.
