礫れき石せっ器き

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.

• この遺い跡せきからは、礫石れきせっ器きが多た数すう出しゅつ土どしている。

  Many chopping tools have been excavated from this site.

• 礫石れきせっ器きは旧きゅう石せっ器き時じ代だいの代だい表ひょう的てきな石せっ器きの一ひとつだ。

  The chopping tool is one of the typical stone tools of the Paleolithic era.