Editing Lithic core (section)

== Definitions ==
A "core" can be defined in a number of different ways based on the theoretical and methodological approach of the archaeologist.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Hiscock |first=Peter |date=2007 |editor-last=McPherron |editor-first=Shannon P. |title=Looking the other way: a materialist/technological approach to classifying tools and implements, cores and retouched flakes |journal=Tool Versus Cores: Alternative Approaches to Stone Tool Analysis |pages=198–222}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wyatt-Spratt |first=Simon |date=2025-01-21 |title=Core Concept: Defining Cores in the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia |journal=Lithic Technology |language=en |pages=1–18 |doi=10.1080/01977261.2025.2451546 |issn=0197-7261|doi-access=free }}</ref> Typological approaches to classify cores are generally based on a combination of the technological attributes and presumed function of an artefact while technological approaches are generally based solely on the technological attributes and an artefacts place in the overall reduction sequence.<ref name=":1" /> Other terms used for core include "nucleus" or "objective piece".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Crabtree |first=Don E. |title=An introduction to flintworking |publisher=Idaho State University Museum |year=1972 |location=Pocatello}}</ref>