7,500 year-old drill bit found in Turkey’s Bursa - media

A 7,500-year-old pointed flint stone has been discovered during excavations at Aktopraklık Settlement Mound in Bursa's Nilüfer district, Anadolu Agency reported.

Professor Necmi Karul from Istanbul University Department of Archaeology, who is also the excavation lead at Aktoprak, said, noting that the findings suggest flint stones had widely been used throughout different places in Anatolia.

"We believe that the pointed stone, which was created through the dressing of a flint stone- was used as a bit on a drill," Karul said, noting that ethnographic samples support this claim.

One of such examples is decorative bead-like pieces found in Aktopraklık, which are thought to be drilled by the stone tool.