[Bonetools] Ring and dot tools

[Alice Choyke]

By the early middle ages there is not evidence for used of stone tools for
anything but abrasion. of course the metal bits do not survive but the
cross-section of the incisions -'V'-shaped with smooth walls makes it clear
that the lathe and drill bits must have been bronze or iron. i can think of
no early medieval site with any evidence of regular lithic working

Best,
Alice

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:27 PM, <PajX at aol.com> wrote:

> **
>  Hi David
> I have a friend you does flint work, John Lord. He said ring-dot was done
> with a flint tool, quite simple and easy to make. He is a palaeo-sort of
> guy. Know there are still various peoples using stone or similar tools -
> even surgeons are experimenting with flint or more volcanic glass, others
> using knapped glass razors. Flints used for fire-starting until quite late,
> and certainly a good supply in various areas of Britain. Don't know how
> long using flint as a carving tool might have persisted, or what the metal
> equivalent is off-hand...ahh, had a look in MacG (
> http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cFQOAAAAQAAJ ), could find only the
> Levy ref., so I see, shape makes sense as a type of drill-bit. Not
> surprised not many found, both metal or flint - the ends would probably
> damage easily, stone ends especially and would be difficult to discern from
> flint waste. The flint ones I've seen/used are two-pointed (point and heel)
> rather than three-pronged like the one on p61, and hand-turned.
>
> Be quite interesting if we could work out how much/what stone tools
> persisted, don't know if anyone looks at that.
>
> good luck with the project
>
> cheers
> Pam Cross
> Bioarchaeology
> IA-Medieval with a palaeo bent...
>
>
>
> In a message dated 14/07/2012 08:27:41 GMT Daylight Time,
> dkconstantine at btinternet.com writes:
>
>  I am currently researching Early Medieval bone working and despite the
> prevalence of Ring-and-dot motifs on artefacts, I can find only two
> examples of the tools themselves having been found (Stare Mesto and Levy
> Hradec, both in MacGregor "Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn") and would like to
> know if anyone has come across similar tools anywhere between about
> 500-1100AD.
>
> David Constantine
> (no Phd or anything I am afraid, just 12 years experience preparing
> skeletons and making bone artefacts)
>
>
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