Chipping Floor

A workshop area characterized by of debris from the manufacture of chipped stone tools. In the process of flaking stone tools, large quantities of waste chips are produced. Stone Age chipping floors are often found with finished tools and indications of other activities. It is recognized archaeologically by a spread of working waste, broken or part-made implements, and discarded raw material.

In the process of flaking stone tools, large quantities of waste chips are produced. A land surface on which a scatter of these is found is a chipping floor. At least from the earlier stone age, it is rare to discover a chipping floor where finished tools and indications of other activities are absent.