core tool

American  

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.

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core tool Scientific  

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

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Example Sentences

A core tool was an information web that, under emergency laws, that was able to synchronize “big data” drawn from customs information, closed-circuit TV networks, credit card transactions, public transport usage and smartphone location tracking.

From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Gaining goodwill with street people is a core tool, Detective Roe said.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2011