Tiny Drills

[dognose]

To kick this off, I found this tiny drill in 1998 a few miles from my house in Hancock Co In.

Let see your small drills.

 

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[dognose]

I have many tiny drills.

 

[Older The Better]

Hey I’ve got one of those, partially

And this one I’ve id’d as a Nodena I think they are a point type but seems very drill like too.

 

[Tnmountains]

Good set of eyes to find those! I have a few local ones that are so so.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Micro drills were a big deal at Cahokia. Used for drilling shell.

Microdrills Mississippian Culture

 

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[GirlWithWolf]

Micro drills were a big deal at Cahokia. Used for drilling shell.

Microdrills Mississippian Culture

Very good article, thank you for sharing it. I’ve seen some awesome artist renditions of Cahokia in an ndn group I’m in. Amazing place/time.

 

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[Tnmountains]

Micro drills were a big deal at Cahokia. Used for drilling shell.

Microdrills Mississippian Culture

I posted 10 years ago a friends collection of adison microlith drills. Checks it out if interested in little drills.

Microliths

Every six weeks or so I am lucky to have lunch with some very knowledgeable collectors. Each time we meet everyone brings a little something to show and share before returning back to work. At our last gathering one of the guys brought in a pretty rare item for us to see. They are called...

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[dognose]

Wow that's a lot of microlith drills.
Thanks for linking that post.

 

[GB Paleo]

A couple from the Great Basin

 

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[ncsuwolf]

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This is going to suck to say, but I’ve found a few of “these” before. Assumed they were broken/half finished points. Left them in the field/didn’t keep up with them. Oh well….live and learn.

 

[Fred250]

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Awesome but a drill?