Chopping tool
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Chopping tool
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In archaeology a chopping tool is a stone tool. Stone tools are usually dated by determining the age of the find context e.g. by Carbon 14 dating and Potassium argon dating. The oldest stone tools are about 3 million years old. Chopping tools mainly occur in the Olduwan. The oldest object in the British Museum is a Chopping Tool. It was found in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. Usually naturally occurring rather flat pebbles were used to produce a chopping tool. At one end flakes were removed by h
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Type of stone tool
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopping_tool
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2023-12-05T16:09:30Z
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