Stone tool

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/stone-tool

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the manufacturing techniques?Includes direct percussion (hammerstone), indirect percussion, and pressure flaking for precise shaping
2. What are stone tools and why were they important?Stone tools are sharp pieces made by breaking rocks, and they were the first inventions that helped early humans do many tasks.
3. How did people make stone tools?They struck a core stone with a hammerstone to knock off flakes, then shaped them with harder or softer hammers and sometimes used pressure to make precise edges.

Conchoidal fracture: The smooth, curved, shell-like break pattern characteristic of brittle materials like stone.
Debitage: The waste material produced during the process of stone tool manufacture.
Hafting: The process of attaching a stone tool (like a spearhead) to a handle or shaft.