noun
flake tool
Archaeological term for a stone tool made from a flake struck from a core.
この遺跡からは多くの剥片石器が出土した。
Many flake tools were excavated from this site.
Standard kanji spelling using the modern form 剥.
Variant using the older form 剝; less common in modern texts.
Refers to core tools, made by shaping the core itself, as opposed to flake tools struck from a core.
Compound of 剥片 (flake, from 剥 'peel off' and 片 'piece') and 石器 (stone tool).