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Description: | Large complete flat bone needle. The needle is long and flat in section, it has a small hole pierced at its broadest end. The bone surface is pitted and has some evidence of the internal spongy structure of the bone on one side. There is little evidence of tool marks on this needle. The bone is a dark brown in colour probably due to its riverine deposition environment. A parallel for this type of needle can be found in MacGregor et al 1999 no.6687, where it is defined as a type of pin beater with a range from the Early Medieval to the 12th Century AD.Length: 143.8mm, Width at eye: 14.6mm, Width at point: 6.39mm, Thickness: 6.26mm, Weight: 13.08gRef: MacGregor, A. Mainman, A. J. and Rogers, N. S. H. 1999. Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn from Anglo-Scandinavian and Medieval York. Council for British Archaeology, York.
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