2024-03-28T22:27:41+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/654643/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/654643/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/654643/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/654643/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/654643/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/654643/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/654643654643WILT-6FD4E9PAS5486FD4E001989PERFORATED OBJECT47.5858.1965.6216.171SSWM 42552NEOLITHIC-8500-1601An incomplete stone macehead of Mesolithic to early Bronze Age date (c. 8500 - 1601BC). The macehead is made from a smooth waterworn quartzite pebble. The macehead is semi-circular in shape. Approximately 50% remains. There is a break across the centre of the peforation. The hourglass profile of the perforation indicates that it was worked from both sides. There is some evidence of pecking on the rounded edge of the macehead, indicating that it may have been used as a pebble hammer. The quartzite is orange-brown in colour with red-brown inclusion, indicating a high iron content.
The macehead measures 47.58mm in length, 58.19mm in width, is 16.17mm thick and weighs 65.62g.
Perforated objects such as this exmple appear in the Mesolithic, but are also seen much later, hence the broad date range ascribed to this example.
Cf. LEIC-AEE484, LEIC-F62A78, NLM-9A7147, LIN-DE2AC7, LIN-DD9004, SF-6697D5, and LVPL-964068 , SF8841, SF3669 and HESH-191F76 for similar examples on the database.2014-12-09 13:46:542015-01-12 15:28:25311Certain111613PAS5486FD4E00198924WILTStone11794CompleteMESOLITHICMEx14235p0gjgrs45g4BRONZE AGEBAx13712p0gjgrs6qb2Chance find during metal detectingCircaCirca63321643925172394392541427ST8880ST8880ST88SE51.51878995-2.1743377826351653810497028WILT-6FD4E9.jpg4Mesolithic to Bronze Age perforated pebbleSalisbury and South Wiltshire Museum5images/rhenry2/South WestEuropean RegionUnitary AuthorityWiltshireUnitary AuthorityWiltshireCivil Parish51.5175-2.20944GrittletonReturned to finder97612