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Description: | An unfinished Mesolithic pebble mace head, dating c. 9,000-4,000 BC. The object is formed from a pebble that has a mid-dark brown colour, with traces of an attempt to drill through the object on either side. Kevin Leahy suggests the material of the stone is quartzite (pers. comm. 02.09.2016). The attempted perforation would have been to allow it to be hafted. There are traces of wear around the edges, particularly at the more pointed end. This may indicate that it was still used despite not being hafted. However, it may simply be the result of natural processes, such as deposition in a river. There are traces of dark brown concreted material in lines across the object too that appear to be iron-oxide deposits.Similar objects have been recorded on the PAS database, cf. NMS-F78EB4. Kevin Leahy notes that these objects are found in contexts dated to the Mesolithic, though may have also been produced later (Leahy, unpub.).Dimensions: length: 97.28 mm; width: 73.26 mm; thickness: 22.30 mm; diameter of attempted perforation: 24.59 mm; weight: 250g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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