The ground stone components of drills in the ancient Near East: Sockets, flywheels, cobble weights, and drill bits

Three types of drills are known from antiquity: the bow drill, the pump drill and the crank drill. Each type often included ground stone components - sockets, weights and flywheels. However, these components are inconspicuous; on their own they are almost never associated with drills. The result is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: David Ilan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of Lithic Studies
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Online Access:http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1642