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Description: | Flint borer or awl, triangular in plan, plano-cronvex in profile and trapezoidal in section. The dorsal face has been unifacially worked on both margins towards the proximal end which has been worked to create a point to be used for perforation.The flint is a mottled light to dark grey colour, probably from a local beach pebble, and the length to breadth ratio is about 2:1. Some of the cortex remains at the distal end of the dorsal face, which suggests that it is a secondary flake.Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 57, No.L31, which is identified as an awl, and another example on page 146, Fig.5.132, No.46, which is identified as a borer and dated from the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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