Archaeologists examining a huge pile of stone flakes resulting from the manufacture of adzes at the high altitude quarry at Mauna Kea, Hawai'i. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...

Flake tools (as pictured in Figure 15 ... The nephrite adze blades in Figure 22 are made from large piece of stone called a blank. For strong adzes, the toolmaker would seek out specific types of ...

They are the Clovis caches, groupings of exquisitely carved spear points and/or other flaked stone artifacts crafted thousands of years ago. Were they stored for a planned retrieval that never came?

To make the point, Clovis knappers used a billet, a hammer of ivory or antler, to flake off pieces of the ... on NOVA's America's Stone Age Explorers website.

Collerson and Dr. Marshall I. Weisler at University of Queensland in St. Lucia, Australia, was titled "Stone Adze Compositions and the Extent of Ancient Polynesian Voyaging and Trade." ...

The emergence of stone tool technology represents — in hindsight — a momentous step in human evolution (Figure 2). With sharp flakes and simple core tools, early hominins could easily slice ...

2013). The carnivory of hominins is unique among primates in three ways: (1) use of flaked stone tools to access animal resources; (2) acquisition of resources from animals much larger than the ...

Strontium isotope analysis of the skeletons, which provides indications of place of origin, indicated that men buried with distinctive Neolithic stone adzes (tools used for smoothing or carving ...

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While tools using a single element like flaked stone or a wooden stick are fairly common and relatively simple to construct, making complex, multi-part tools, like arrowheads hafted onto spears ...

Tonight may see some clear spells early but it will soon become cloudy but it should remain largely dry. Mild. Sunday Tomorrow will continue to be mainly cloudy, with just the odd cloud break ...

Adze: A cutting tool, similar to an axe ... Bevelled edge: An edge that is slanted. Biface: A flaked stone tool that has been modified or retouched on both sides. Blade: A cutting tool made from a ...