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Zuma:
I posted a thread called "Bannerstone Discussion" that is/was
interesting and informative but it failed me in the drilling department.
"Well, I need some help"

For a while I have thought "bannerstones" that got there original tag
because folks thought they were slipped on staffs like later flags,
Then by some odd reason they  became hunting aids slipped on to
atatls or were a connecting apparatus of some sort.
There is no direct intact archaeological information for this.
There are hundreds of intact wooden atatls found but not one with
 a stone attached.
The typical winged or shield bannerstone of the eastern US  has a
hole that does not equate to any found intact atatl on the planet.
This leads me to ponder their other potential use/uses.
Now here is where I need help. I think they were enlisted in the drilling trade.
A winged banner acts like a figure skater in the death spiral. This serves well
on a drill shaft, not to mention an additional non friction weight/pressure
applied to the work being drilled.
Why do I need your help? While atatl weight info abounds???
American ABO Drilling info is virtually non existent?
I can find ancient stone drilling reports from Egypt to Afghanistan but I can not find
any real worth while info for the Western Hemisphere except one report about beads from MS and LA. You can find info for every spectrum of bi-face chronology from a Western Stemmed in Idaho to a Yadkin triangle in Georgia with a stratification sequence, C14 .or some other concocted date.
You can find finite dates for pottery types and associated bi faces.
BUT--- I can't find it for drills or the associated equipment.
We all know there were a lot more holes drilled than all the ones in the bannerstones. How and when were they drilled?
 Gorgets, pendants and beads are some stone that also have drilled holes.
 Bone and wood was drilled also.  From pencil to paddle drills the dates and use are lacking in archaeological data that I can find. HELP!
Thanks
Zuma

Buckeye Guy:
Did you try pump drill Yet
If I get time I will

Zuma:
Thanks Buckeye,
I don't think I have tried those exact  words but when using every other
"Drill" search combos, pump comes up but with no real relevant info.
Some where along the line I have thought the pump came from Europe.
It is a good drilling method. A good friend of mine that does demo in soapstone
all over the country. He sets up with many pump drills and some slate for the
kids and their parents to try drilling. The kids love them.
Zuma

Buck67:
My Grandmother was Inuit.  They used pump and bow drills in Baffin Island.  However I can't be sure whether those drills predated trade with the Europeans or not.

JoJoDapyro:
How about as a weight on a bow drill for starting fires. It would make sense as to why they wouldn't be found on anything, and would aid in getting a fire going quicker. When the drill portion would wear out they could have just got another? I have zero information to back me up, just a crazy mans thoughts.

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