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answered 5 Apr 2026How stone tools were made?
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Ans. Stone tools were probably made using two different techniques.
- The first is called stone on stone here, the pebble from which the tool was to be made (also called the cone) was held in one hand. Another stone, which was used as a hammer was held in the other hand. The second stone was used to strike of flakes from the first till the required shape was obtained.
- Pressure flaking: Here the core was placed on a firm surface. The hammer stone that used on a piece of bone or stone that was placed on the come to remove flakes that could be shaped into tools.