The nicest of the bone needles came outta a overhang in Meridian Tx With the Woosley Man....Thanx Richey...the drill is from Crishners at Moody Tx...My pic should still be on the wall...was diggin with Mickey..Thanx Mickey...Dwain was their and said it was a plainview drill...I was pretty deep, I know I was excited and the old man Richard sure wanted it! Hee Hee.. the castroville from the Guadalupe Riv..c-tang from the BlancoRiv.

Nice ,I'm with lunkerbrad they very well could be knapping tools. My attention was pulled away by the c-tang.... had to re-group

Yea Judd, those are all nice pieces... Mickey dosnt get on the web for pleasure, so you wont see him on here much.

There has been a lot of disscusion as to their use the cultures that utilized these tools were basket weavers and the "Needles/Awls" could very well be a "tool" quite necessary for weaving.
As far as not having an "eye" for sewing that's because they would not use them for that purpose. They could use them to pull a "string" be it leather or perhaps fiber through a hole drilled with the "drill".
I have found several of the "Needles" over the years and the logical use of weaving makes scense. As for them being used as an awl they are just a little to fragile for punchin or drilling.

Out4gold