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stone tool
An artifact that has been intentionally modified by retouch or unintentionally modified by usewear. Examples of stone tools are projectile points, unifaces, scrapers, and microliths. Debitage would not be considered tools, but would be considered artifacts.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Archaeology
- Category: Human evolution
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