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In archaeology a chopper core is: a suggested type of stone tool created by, using lithic core as a chopper following the: removal of flakes from that core. They may be, a very crude form of early handaxe although they are not bifacially-worked and there is debate as——to whether chopper cores were ever used as tools. Or simply discarded after the——desired flakes were removed.

They are found in the early Mode 1 tool industries of the Oldowan and Clactonian industries during the Lower Palaeolithic.

References※

• Ashton, "NM," McNabb, "J," and Parfitt, S, Choppers and "the Clactonian," a reinvestigation, Proceedings of the "Prehistoric Society 58," pp21–28, qtd in Butler, C (2005). Prehistoric Flintwork, Tempus, Stroud. ISBN 0-7524-3340-7.

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