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Record ID: NARC-181793
Object type: MACE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic or Bronze Age macehead, carved from the basal area of a red deer (Cervus elaphus) antler. The porous core of the antler has been removed, so as to form a hollow cylinder that could easily be hafted to a handle. A large transverse hole (diameter 24.9mm)has been bored through the antler beam, so that it crosses the hollowed out core, and emerges through the cortex on the other face. This perforation is almost perfectly circular, and must have been done with a purpose-made tool. Notably, the edges of the perforation are smooth, relatively sharp, and show no evidence of wea…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 3rd July 2014
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