core tool

noun

, Archaeology.

1. a stone tool with a cutting edge, as a hand ax, chopper, or scraper, formed by chipping away flakes from a core.

core tool

1. A stone tool consisting of a core that is flaked (struck with another rock or similar material) to produce a cutting edge or edges. Core tools date at least to the beginning of the Oldowan tool industry and are the earliest stone tools known to have been deliberately fashioned by humans. Core tools include choppers, cleavers, and hand axes.
2. Compare flake tool

Example Sentences

It’s a complex problem to unpack because it cuts to the heart of park effects and other core tools in the sabermetric arsenal.

From FiveThirtyEight

Zoom sees these new products as commonsense additions to its core tool, which it says could still get better.

From Vox