hammerstone
an ancient stone tool used as a hammer, as for chipping flint, processing food, or breaking up bones.
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How to use hammerstone in a sentence
Fig. 43 illustrates one of these hammerstones, found on the surface at Kennewick.
The Archaeology of the Yakima Valley | Harlan Ingersoll SmithCobble hammerstones tend to be oval or egg-shaped and exhibit abrasion on one or both ends.
The Topanga Culture Final Report on Excavations, 1948 | A. E. TreganzaEmergent is the correlation of core hammerstones and the presence of manos and metates.
The Topanga Culture Final Report on Excavations, 1948 | A. E. Treganza
British Dictionary definitions for hammerstone
/ (ˈhæməˌstəʊn) /
a stone used as a hammer in the production of tools during the Acheulian period
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Scientific definitions for hammerstone
[ hăm′ər-stōn′ ]
A hand-held stone or cobble used by hominids perhaps as early as 2.5 million years ago as a crude pounding or pecking tool. Hammerstones were also used by early humans in striking flakes from stone cores to produce core tools.
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