Home > The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology > V-perforation
V-perforation
V-perforation [De].A hole made through a piece of bone, stone, or other hard material by grinding or drilling a conical depression from one side only of the material, work proceeding until the tip of the cutter emerges on the other side. See also HOUR-GLASS PERFORATION.
In making buttons, V-perforations involve drilling two convergent holes until they meet at an angle within the body of the button. Especially common in the European early Bronze Age.
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Oxford University Press Titles
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology
- The Oxford Dictionary of Economics
- The Oxford Companion to American Literature
- The Oxford Companion to American Military History
- The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
- The Oxford Companion to English Literature
- The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales
- The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare
- The Oxford Dictionary of Plays
- The Oxford Dictionary of Art
- Oxford Dictionary of Sociology
- Oxford Dictionary of World History
- Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology
