Record ID: LIN-DE7E13 - MESOLITHIC mace

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Mace

Unique ID: LIN-DE7E13

Object type certainty: Certain

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Half of a stone mace head, broken across the haft hole. The mace is an elongated oval in plan and has an hour glass shaped hole drilled in the centre. At one end of the hole there is a series of vertical grroves, approximately 5mm in length and spaced circa 1mm apart. These marks might have been intentionally made to increase the grip of bone wedges forced into the socket in order to make the haft more secure. The surface of the mace has been polished and is very smooth to the touch. The tip of the mace is pointed and a darker colour around the lip. The area immediately above the lip is notably more polished than the rest of the surface, presumably due to useage of the mace. The stone is a greenish colour with quartz inclusions. The object is perhaps a Langdale greenstone.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 84 mm
Width: 88 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Stone [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: North Kesteven
Parish: Osbournby

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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Graham Hill wrote @ 19:52:53 on the 6th March 2011.
The sawed striations at the entrance to the perforation may have a common origin to those of Mace; SWYOR-D14397. I suggest that the effective removal of the neck of the hour-glass has been achieved by flint saw; whether it be a fabricator, tanged piece or glued backed bladelet in the Mesolithic tradition and that the cuts were produced by a steeper than necessary sawing action from the other side of the hole.