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Stone tools obtained from the soil (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eoliths

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'stone tools obtained' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'from the soil' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates an anagram (from the letters).
'the'+'soil'='thesoil'
'thesoil' is an anagram of 'EOLITHS'.

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(Other definitions for eoliths that I've seen before include "Early stone implements" , "Rocks" , "Stones" , "Old stone tools" , "Pieces of flint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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