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impact of stone age tools
Blade Cores
Blade cores were chunks of sharp rocks used as the source for other types of tools. Pieces of stone would be flaked off of the core, in the shape of thin, rectangle-like chips; these were crafted into knives, scrapers, spear blades, hand axes and other tools and weapons. Blade cores were so crudely fashioned that it is sometimes impossible for archaeologists to tell if a stone is a tool or a naturally formed rock.
End Scrapers
An end scraper is a tear-drop shaped piece of stone used to scrape fur and fatty tissue from the hides of animals, though they also could have been used to smooth wood or bones as well. Anthropologists believe that end scrapers were not only handheld tools but were also sometimes attached to a wood handle. The main purpose of the tool appears to have been to aid in the production of animal hide clothing and shelter.
Awls
Awls were small, circular stone flakes with multiple sharp points around the tool's circumference. Prehistoric humans used the awls to shred and slice fibers for use as thread and fishing nets. The tool also could have been used to punch holes in leather and wood and to cut animal skins when making clothing. While typically made of stone, bone awls have been found, though bone tools are softer and less durable than stone.
Clovis Points
A Clovis spear point is a specific type of North American stone spear point. Clovis points are leaf-shaped with a triangular point and a wide, grooved end made to fit into spear shafts. They could be used for distance hunting, where the spear would be launched at a large animal for safety, or to lunge at prey when at close quarters.
Hammerstone
It was a hard stone used for many purposes like striking animal bones, crushing and hitting other stones.
Hammerstone is usually a hard stone which doesn’t break easily. It was made of sandstone, quartzite, or limestone.
Hammerstone was one of the simplest and ancient tools of the Stone Age.
It was also regarded as universal tool throughout the world including Asia, Europe and Africa.
It was used for making fractures, and breaking other stones which were converted into other stones with sharp edges. These sharp stones are then used as tools for different purposes.
The flakes gotten from the broken stones can be used as hand axes, scrappers, cleavers etc.
Sharpened Sticks
They were made of different types of wood.
They were used by the people to defend themselves from the wild animals.
These sticks were used almost in every part of the world.
They were used for hunting purposes as well.
The Sharpened stick is considered one of the most ancient tools.
Harpoons
Harpoon is still used in today’s world with harpoon-guns for killing big whales.
A rope was attached to the harpoon to bring the hunted animal to the hunter.
It is evident from the remains in Congo that harpoons were in use 90,000 years ago.
A Harpoon is a large spear-like tool used to kill large animals especially aquatic animals like whales, tuna, and swordfish.
Chopper
The Chopper was a sharp-edged stone.
It was made by breaking down a stone into flakes using a hammerstone. The flakes with sharp ends were hence used as choppers.
It was used by early humans in Africa for extracting meat and breaking bones of the hunted animals.