noun
chopping tool; chopping stoneware
Archaeological term for a simple stone tool made from a pebble or cobble, typically with a cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side. Used in contexts of early human technology.
この遺跡からは、礫石器が多数出土している。
Many chopping tools have been excavated from this site.
礫石器は旧石器時代の代表的な石器の一つだ。
The chopping tool is one of the typical stone tools of the Paleolithic era.
磨製石器 are polished stone tools, contrasting with the chipped nature of 礫石器.
Compound of 礫 (れき, 'pebble') and 石器 (せっき, 'stone tool'). The term is a modern archaeological classification.