<div>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</div>
<div> </div><div>Best,</div><div>Alice<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:27 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:PajX@aol.com" target="_blank">PajX@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote">
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<div>Hi David</div>
<div>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 (<a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cFQOAAAAQAAJ" target="_blank">http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cFQOAAAAQAAJ</a>
), 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. </div>
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<div>Be quite interesting if we could work out how much/what stone tools
persisted, don't know if anyone looks at that.</div>
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<div>good luck with the project</div>
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<div>cheers</div>
<div>Pam Cross</div>
<div>Bioarchaeology</div>
<div>IA-Medieval with a palaeo bent...</div><div class="im">
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<div>In a message dated 14/07/2012 08:27:41 GMT Daylight Time,
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<div>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.</div>
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