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An array of Neolithic artifacts, including bracelets, axe heads, chisels, and polishing tools. Neolithic stone implements are by definition ground stone and, except for specialty items, not chipped.A Neolithic ground stone.Traditional grinding stone used for making chutney, dosa batter and idli batter, in India today.
In archaeology, ground stone is a category of stone tool formed by the grinding of a coarse-grained tool stone, either purposely or incidentally. Ground stone tools are usually made of basalt, rhyolite, granite, or other cryptocrystalline and igneous stones whose coarse structure makes them ideal for grinding other materials, including plants and other stones.
Organic and inorganic materials are processed on ground stones into edible products.[1] They are sometimes the only artefacts preserved on archaeological sites and are found worldwide.
^Dubreuil, L. and Savage, D. (2014). Ground stones: a synthesis of the use-wear approach. Journal of archaeological science, 48, pp.139–153. [Accessed 3 March 2022].
archaeology, groundstone is a category of stone tool formed by the grinding of a coarse-grained tool stone, either purposely or incidentally. Groundstone tools...
axes, and querns. Stone tools may be made of either groundstone or knapped stone, the latter fashioned by a flintknapper. Knapped stone tools are made from...
The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The...
one of the earliest known sets of groundstone and polished stone tools in the world, although older groundstone tools have been discovered in Australia...
Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος néos 'new' and λίθος líthos 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe...
ceramic, or hard stone such as granite. The pestle (/ˈpɛsəl/, also US: /ˈpɛstəl/) is a blunt, club-shaped object. The substance to be ground, which may be...
open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries...
grain trapped between the stones. Millstones are constructed so that their shape and configuration help to channel ground flour to the outer edges of...
A metate (or mealing stone) is a type or variety of quern, a groundstone tool used for processing grain and seeds. In traditional Mesoamerican cultures...
and sandstone may also be used as tool stones, but for a very different purpose: they are ideal for groundstone artifacts. Whereas cryptocrystalline materials...
(human-created) stone, but in its usual sense it is applied to archaeological material that was produced through lithic reduction (knapping) or groundstone. A thorough...
made of groundstone indicate the practice of archery. There are heavy ground-stone bowl mortars as well. The Ain Sakhri lovers, a carved stone object...
stones, perhaps similar to the earth banks of henges. Others were constructed from boulders placed stably on the ground rather than standing stones held...
slab is a groundstone artifact generally used to grind plant materials into usable size, though some slabs were used to shape other groundstone artifacts...
of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. It spans the time from around 3.3 million years ago when the first evidence for stone tool production and use by...
/ˈkɪst/; from Greek: κίστη, Middle Welsh Kist or Germanic Kiste) is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead. Examples...
dictionary. Silex is any of various forms of groundstone. In modern contexts the word refers to a finely ground, nearly pure form of silica or silicate....
shaped carved or groundstone. The holes are typically 1⁄4" to 3⁄4" in diameter and extend through a raised portion centered in the stone. They usually are...
hood, or chimney. Hearths are usually composed of masonry such as brick or stone. For millennia, the hearth was such an integral part of a home, usually...
longer than 4 metres (13 ft) – produced on the ground by durable elements of the landscape, such as stones, stone fragments, gravel, or earth. A positive geoglyph...
Palaeolithic) is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. Very broadly, it dates to between 50,000 and 12,000 years ago (the...
Stone carving is an activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone. Owing to the permanence of the material...
PAY-lee-oh-LITH-ik, PAL-ee-), also called the Old Stone Age (from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós) 'old', and λίθος (líthos) 'stone'), is a period in human prehistory...
history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins c. 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded...
Russia, where there was no well-defined Copper Age between the Stone and Bronze ages. Stone tools were still predominantly used during this period. The archaeological...
found there made from the gravel beds in the river. There are very few groundstone artifacts, such as manos, metates, and scrapers, found in the main canyon...
This is a descriptive list of Stone Age art, the period of prehistory characterised by the widespread use of stone tools. This article contains, by sheer...
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