磨ま製せい

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

ground; polished (stone tool)

Archaeological term describing stone tools shaped by grinding rather than chipping. Almost always used attributively with 石器 (stone tool) as in 磨製石器.

See also: 磨製石器

• この遺い跡せきからは磨ま製せい石せっ器きが多た数すう出しゅつ土どした。

  Many ground stone tools were excavated from this site.

• 磨ま製せいの石せき斧ふは打だ製せいのものより時じ間かんをかけて作つくられた。

  Ground stone axes were made over a longer period than chipped ones.