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Admin02.09.2021

Prehistoric Stone Tools Categories and Terms

But it only occurs where there was an ocean at one time.
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Admin06.08.2021

Prehistoric Stone Tools Categories and Terms

The video below is a good example of how to find flint along the shores of rivers.
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Admin26.06.2021

Identify tools

What on Earth is this? Retouching could be done as often as needed to sharpen the tool.
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Admin31.07.2021

Looking for lithics; identifying manmade flint tools

Journal of Archaeological Research 17, 65—103.
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Admin09.06.2021

The Archaeological Society of Ohio

Nowhere in Hothem's reference books could we find a double-grooved axe, celt or adze head - and this is a nice big one.
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Admin02.07.2021

How To Tell a Rock from a Stone Tool

But unless it has been visibly modified or we find them in an unusual context — piles of small rounded stones found near hillfort entrances for example, that may be a cache of slingstones — it is usually very difficult to be sure that a natural stone has been used if that use does not leave traces.
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Admin28.08.2021

Identify tools

In some cases, a series of ripples is not apparent, but even here, the first ripple in the series is usually very prominent.
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Admin06.09.2021

Identifying Stone Age Tools

They are often made my chipping big breakable stones in flakes and use the smaller parts as tools.
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Admin21.06.2021

How to Identify an Indian Tool Made From Rock

Don't pay too much attention to the overall shape or possible function whether it would make a good borer or spear point but ask yourself:• They were mostly used for cutting, but serrated knives may have been used like saws for cutting wood specifically.
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Admin04.07.2021

Identification of knapped flints and stone tools

Also, these tools are often used to smoothen or carve wood.
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Admin17.07.2021

How To… Tell If That 'Flint Tool' You Found Was Really Made By Humans

Look for discolorations on a piece of limestone.
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Admin05.07.2021

How to Identify the Stone Tools of Native Americans

: An adze sometimes spelled adz is a wood-working tool, similar to an axe or hachet.
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