Would you call this a graver?

[autographcollector11]

Would you call this a graver?
From Iowa-Burlington chert....has what appears to be micro flaking around the tip....Any ideas?

 

[d2]

I would...d2

 

[rock]

I got plenty of them just like that. I wonder if they ever used a small piece like that to do their pottery designs with at times. There is noway they could use a wooden paddle on a lip of a pot with the curve section.

 

[Injunbro]

or a drill.

 

[rock]

or a drill.

yes you are correct I find micro drills to

 

[quito]

Looks to delicate for a graver imho.

 

[monsterrack]

JMO it could be either. Good eye to spot that

 

[Arsenal]

Possibly a drill as stated above. A Graver is usually much more robust and sturdy. The smaller drills, micro drills, were of a less sturdy and more precise design like this piece.

Very cool, though.

 

[autographcollector11]

Thanks Arsenal. I have read up about microdrills before, and would be pretty cool this is one of them. Now with that said, are drills are relatively common through all of antiquity? Are these type of drills used in every era or just certain ones?

 

[Tnmountains]

Graver. A utilzed flake or exhausted artifact. Great eye on seeing that.

 

[rock]

Thanks Arsenal. I have read up about microdrills before, and would be pretty cool this is one of them. Now with that said, are drills are relatively common through all of antiquity? Are these type of drills used in every era or just certain ones?

Small Gravers, perferators, micro drills imo were from the 1500-500 b.p. I find some small tiny things and most arent pretty just what they needed at the time to get the job done.