Comments on: London on five pounds a day https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/06/london-on-five-pounds-a-day/ Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:46:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Bonta https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/06/london-on-five-pounds-a-day/#comment-42757 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:46:45 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=28624#comment-42757 In reply to arby.

They’re mattock heads, apparently. So presumably they were used for digging up roots and such. Early quarrying was done with bone tools, too.

]]> By: arby https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/06/london-on-five-pounds-a-day/#comment-42756 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:37:27 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=28624#comment-42756 What do you suppose those bones with holes were used for? I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like them. Looks like there is a lot of wear on them.

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