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Chopper chopping-tool industry — ▪ prehistoric technology certain stone tool traditions of Asia, probably of later Pleistocene age, characterized by roughly worked pebble chopper (q.v.) tools. These traditions include the Choukoutienian industry of China (associated with… … Universalium
Pebble Tools — Pebble Tool (Chopper), wenig bearbeiteter Oldowan Fund aus Marokko Pebble Tools (aus dem englischen: Kiesel Geräte oder Werkzeuge), besser als Geröllgeräte bekannt, zählen zu den ersten von (Vor )Menschen hergestellten und genutzten Steingeräten… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Chopper (Archäologie) — 1,7 Millionen Jahre alte Chopper aus Hadar … Deutsch Wikipedia
Pebble-Tool — Peb|ble Tool [ pɛbltu:l̩] das; s, s (meist Plur.) <aus engl. pebble tool »Geröllgerät« zu pebble »Kiesel(stein)« u. tool »Werkzeug«> aus einem gerundeten Fluss bzw. Strandgeröllstück od. einem Feuersteinknollen meist zu einem ↑Chopper… … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Chopper (archaeology) — Oldowan to 1.7 million years before our era Hadar Archaeologists define a chopper as a pebble tool with an irregular cutting edge formed through the removal of flakes from one side of a stone. They are crude forms of stone tool and are found in… … Wikipedia
Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… … Universalium
hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… … Universalium
tool — tooler, n. toolless, adj. /toohl/, n. 1. an implement, esp. one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations. 2. any instrument of manual operation. 3. the cutting or machining part of a lathe … Universalium
Oldowan industry — Stone tool industry of the early Paleolithic (beginning с 2.5 million years ago) characterized by crudely worked pebble tools. Oldowan tools, made of quartz, quartzite, or basalt, are chipped in two directions to form simple, rough implements for … Universalium
Pebbletools — Pebble Tool (Chopper), wenig bearbeiteter Oldowan Fund aus Marokko Pebble Tools (aus dem englischen: Kiesel Geräte oder Werkzeuge), besser als Geröllgeräte bekannt, zählen zu den ersten von (Vor )Menschen hergestellten und genutzten Steingeräten… … Deutsch Wikipedia
