paleolith
Noun: A stone tool or artifact manufactured and used during the Paleolithic Age, the early period of the Stone Age characterized by the use of chipped or flaked stone tools.
The term is used specifically in archaeology and anthropology to classify and discuss ancient human-made stone objects from the Old Stone Age period. - The museum's collection includes several paleoliths discovered at the site. - Researchers analyzed the paleolith to understand early human tool-making techniques.
- As a classificatory term: Used to distinguish tools from the Paleolithic period from later Neolithic (polished stone) tools.
- The transition from paleoliths to more advanced tools marks a significant technological shift.
- Paleolithic (adjective): Of or relating to the Paleolithic Age.
- Paleolithic art is found in many European caves.
- Lithic (adjective): Relating to or made of stone.
- The lithic analysis revealed the source of the raw material.
- Stone tool
- Flint tool
- Artifact (in the specific context of ancient stone tools)
- Eolith (a very early, possibly natural stone once thought to be a tool, but this is a distinct and contested term)
The word "paleolith" has a single, specific meaning related to archaeology. It does not have other common definitions.
"Paleolith" is a technical term. In general contexts, "Stone Age tool" or "ancient stone tool" may be more commonly understood. The term is always used as a noun.
- a stone tool from the Paleolithic age