ANP 203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Lithic Reduction, Hammerstone, Striking Platform
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Chapter 10 vocab (book: hammerstone: tool used in the production of stone tools. The hammerstone is the percussor, the tool used to strike a stone core to remove flakes or to strike a flake in order to thin, sharpen and shape a tool. The hammerstone needn"t be harder than the core; often spherical and, therefore, without facets or angles of less than 90 degrees, and hammerstone"s geometry provides it with much of its strength and durability. Percussion flaking: a method of stone tool making in which a nucleus of stone is struck with a hammerstone or antler percussor in order to remove stone flakes. Pressure flaking: a method of stone tool making in which relatively small flakes from larger flakes by the application of pressure. Pressure are removed flaking tools are ordinarily made of antler or metal; bone and wood generally are too soft.
