File:A Mesolithic antler pick with fragment of the wooden haft. (FindID 531109).jpg

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A Mesolithic antler pick with fragment of the wooden haft.
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Museum of London, Kate Sumnall, 2013-01-23 12:12:38
Title
A Mesolithic antler pick with fragment of the wooden haft.
Description
English: A Mesolithic antler pick with fragment of the wooden haft. This pick has been constructed using the tip of an antler tine. There is a cut surface across the butt and there is a triangular chip missing; this is probably post depositional damage. A hole has been drilled near the butt to accommodate the haft. The hole has cylindrical sides. There are very distinctive cut marks which indicate a flint tool was used to cut the tine and work on the hole. There is some wear and polishing around the hole which is related to the movement of the haft. The polishing around the tip would partially be natural wear and tear from the deer and partly use/wear as a pick. There are scratches along the length which also show the working of the tool.

There are currently twenty nine prehistoric antler picks in the Museum of London's collection of which only two are firmly identified as being Mesolithic (the rest being Prehistoric or Neolithic). Jon Cotton's identification was corroborated by a visiting PhD researcher Ben Elliot (who specifically researches Mesolithic antler tools). The object would not only increase the number of firmly identified Mesolithic picks in the collection but the survival of the wooden haft makes it an unusual and rare example.

Dimensions: length: 192.82mm; width: 38.79mm; thickness: 30.15mm; diameter of perforation: 17.15mm; weight: 106.36g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date between 10000 BC and 43000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 531109
Old ref: LON-CC46C2
Filename: Wakeman-Antler.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/413067
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/413067/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/531109
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 19 November 2020)
Object location51° 28′ 37.92″ N, 0° 00′ 19.78″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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