File:Piercer (dorsal) (FindID 435356).jpg

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piercer (dorsal)
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2011-03-25 13:25:34
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piercer (dorsal)
Description
English: Chert piercer, triangular in section, and tear-shaped in plan and profile, with an abraded area of cortex covering the proximal end of the dorsal face and almost half of the implement. The exposed surface of the chert has been battered and fractured over time but it has been flaked and worked into a point, with a dull, squared off end, which may have been used for piercing through wood and leather.

The point is worked from a chert beach cobble and is an orange-brown colour and has been derived from upper greensand chert, probably from Devon (Dr Roger Taylor pers comm).

Bond (2004) illustrates as similar example of a large piercer on page 144, Fig.5.130, No.F161, which is dated to the later Neolithic.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 4500 BC and 2300 BC
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FindID: 435356
Old ref: CORN-BD1214
Filename: Polcoverackfinds 033.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/322006
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/322006/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/435356
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