There is no real difference between a piercer and a borer- piercers whose retouched part is short tend to be called borers.
is a piercer made on a blank that is a blade
piercers/borers
Tools that have been retouched to a point. Piercers can be made on a flake, blade or a core:
There is no real difference between a piercer and a borer- piercers whose retouched part is short tend to be called borers.
piercer on a blade
is a piercer made on a blank that is a blade
piercer on a flake
is a piercer made on a blank that is a flake
drill bit
A drill bit is a piercer or borer that is short and whose morphology indicates that it could have been hafted and used as a drill. It is relatively easy to detect use-wear on drill bits as they have the diagnostic features of rounded points, which can sometimes be seen by the naked eye, and often striations around the point indicating a rotational motion. see Calley & Grace . and Unger-Hamilton et al 1987.
There is no real difference between a piercer and a borer- piercers whose retouched part is short tend to be called borers.
is a piercer made on a blank that is a blade