The four major hair types (monotrichs, awls, auchenes, zizags) could be seen in both sets of hair samples.
In the settlement area, one burial had a bone awl clearly associated with an adult male.
Changes also occurred in the assemblage, as smiths were able to craft harder and more durable awls and needles from the new alloys.
She provides detailed documentation of the textile implements, which include bone brocade picks (awls), centrally perforated sherd disks, bone needles or pins, and spindle whorls.
A cluster of stingray spines and bone "awls" is located adjacent to the left tibia.
Perforated-eye needles were made by cold-working the shaft, then punching the eye with a tool like an awl.
Small awls are defined as having a shaft diameter between 7 mm and 10 mm.
We have tentatively identified these as another kind of awl, but until a better interpretation can be reached, this is simply called a composite tool.
