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Has anyone ever come accross any references to sea urchin spines being used as tools?  I am working on a project on San Nicolas Island (southern Channel Islands, southern California), and we have a bunch of urchin spines that appear to have been used, we think, as drills for producing shell beads.  I'm trying to find any kind of comparative materials.
 
Thanks.
 
David Maxwell
Statistical Research, Inc.
Burnaby, BC, Canada