enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Oldowan - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldowan

   Light-duty tools are mainly flakes. There are scrapers, awls (with points for boring) and burins (with points for engraving). Some of these functions belong also to heavy-duty tools. For example, there are heavy-duty scrapers. Utilized pieces are tools that began with one purpose in mind but were utilized opportunistically.

3. Scraper (archaeology) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scraper_(archaeology)

   This scraper type is common at Paleo-Indian sites in North America. Scrapers are one of the most varied lithic tools found at archaeological sites. Due to the vast array of scrapers there are many typologies that scrapers can fall under, including tool size, tool shape, tool base, the number of working edges, edge angle, edge shape, and many more.

4. Wheel tractor-scraper - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_tractor-scraper

   A twin engined Terex TS-14b scraper in Hudson, Ohio. In civil engineering, a wheel tractor-scraper (also known as a land scraper, land leveler or tournapull) is a type of heavy equipment used for earthmoving. It has a pan/hopper for loading and carrying material.

5. Chopper (archaeology) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopper_(archaeology)

   The handheld tools for scraping and cutting were no longer sought after, for tools with shapes that fit the hand seemed to be the upcoming trend. Starting about 1.6 million years ago, this new technology evolution emerged, known as the Acheulean tradition. Tools classified under this category are known as the earliest indicators of hand axe ...

6. Hand scraper - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_scraper

   The scraper in the center of the image is a three corner scraper and is typically used to deburr holes or the internal surface of bush-type bearings. Bushes are typically made from bronze or a white metal. The scraper pictured at the bottom is a curved scraper. It has a slight curve in its profile and is also suitable for bush bearings ...

7. Lantian Man - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantian_Man

   For stone tools, Lantian Man manufactured mainly heavy-duty tools including choppers, spheroids, heavy-duty scrapers, handaxes, picks, cleavers. The latter three are characteristic of the Acheulean industry, which is usually only applied to African and Western Eurasian sites. It appears the Acheulean persisted far longer in this region than ...