flake tool

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Definition von flake tool im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A stone tool consisting of a flake that is often modified by further chipping or flaking. Stone Age devices, usually flint (see chert and flint), shaped by flaking off small particles or by breaking off a large flake to use as a tool. Prehistoric humans preferred flint and similar siliceous stones because of the ease with which they could be chipped and for their sharp cutting edges. They also used sandstones, quartzites, quartz, obsidian, and volcanic rocks. Stone tools were chipped by striking a block of flint with a hammer of stone, wood, or bone or by striking the block itself on the edge of a fixed stone. Pressure flaking consists of applying pressure by means of a pointed stick or bone near the edge of a flake or blade, to detach small flakes, and was used mostly to put the finishing touches on tools. See also stone-tool industry

Türkische aussprache

fleyk tul

Aussprache

/ˈflāk ˈto͞ol/ /ˈfleɪk ˈtuːl/