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pestle (plan)
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2012-02-18 15:52:09
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pestle (plan)
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English: Large volcanic greenstone pebble, circular in plan and in profile and ovate in section. The upper face and base have weathered to a smooth surface and one side appears ground to smooth, flatter edge, suggesting some pestle use around part of the perimeter. Such pieces do turn up on domestic sites but not in any quantity compared to mullers and rubbers. On these objects the waterworn cobble surfaces are all fresh and unweathered, appropriate for selection from a beach during the Neolithic. The beach selection would ensure hard enduring pieces. It is quite possible that the wear on these objects has been caused by grinding pieces in the axe manufacture process (Henrietta Quinnell, Clodgy Moor stonework, forthcoming).

Examples of pestles have been found on Neolithic and Bronze Age sites in Cornwall, such as the Beaker site at Boscaswell, St Just, illustrated in Jones & Quinnell (2008) on page 47, Fig.11, No.S2 and the Later Bronze Age site at Callestick, Perranzabuloe, illustrated in Jones (2002) on page 32, Fig.13, No.87.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 4500 BC and 700 BC
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FindID: 488863
Old ref: CORN-AE8D96
Filename: 570.9plan.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/370731
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/370731/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/488863
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