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Description: | This is a point or piercer formed on a dark brown beach pebble with secondary cortex. It has been burned and has a red hue. The ventral face has a clearly visible bulb of percussion. The dorsal face has a high central ridge from which fall near vertical retouch to the right margin and semi-abrupt retouch to the left. The left margin has abrupt retouch and the edge itself is serrated with nibbling retouch. The piercer point has been retouched at each shoulder to create a small protuberant point on each face. It is possibly intended to function as an awl.Mercer 1981 illustrates similar piercers on P.137 Fig 60 L159 and on Page 143 Fig 63 L207. It is probably Neolithic in period.
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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