Cunha, C.Almeida, N. J.Santander, B.Tomé, T.Saladié, P.Valera, António CarlosCabaco, N.Silva, A. M.2017-04-072017-04-072016-121047-482Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/9219A human femur diaphysis in the form of a burin was excavated from a secondary burial context containing osteological remains and industry in the Archaeological Complex of Perdigoes (Portugal). The majority of these evidences are thermo- altered and highly fragmented. Radiocarbon dates for this context place it in the middle 3rd millennium BC. Typological analyses indicate that the human femur fragment is a burin, and use- wear comparisons suggest that it was used to drill hide. Copyright (C) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.engjournal article10.1002/oa.2518