Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Archaeology: What's Hot Now: Stone Tools Types

Archaeology: What's Hot Now
These articles that had the largest increase in popularity over the last week
Stone Tools Types
Aug 9th 2011, 10:00

Question: What Kinds of Stone Tools Do Archaeologists Recognize?

Answer: Since stone tools were the first kind of tool made by humans (well, the first one for which we have wide evidence--bone and wood would have long ago disappeared), there are numerous categories of stone tools used by archaeologists. Here are some tool names, and some related information.

Stone Tool Types

Related Terms

Lithics
Assemblage
Core
Debitage
Flintknapping
Folsom
Geofact
Jabrudian industries
Lithics
Material culture
Micoquian industries
Microlith

Scholars:
François Bordes

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