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Description: | Worked flint scraper. Long broad flake with edge and end retouch. Prominent bulb of percussion with scar. Three flake scars on the dorsal surface. Area of short-long retouch on the middle third of the left dorsal edge, also short retouch along the distal end (with an area of damage or a notch). There may also be some short retouch on the distal half of the right dorsal edge, although this could be later damage. No cortex no patina. Light brown flint with some white and dark brown mottling. Probably early Neolithic, c.4,000-3,300BC, a Riley Type 1 scraper (see Bond 2004 p126-7 & Riley, 1990). Length 51.58mm, width 34.32mm, thickness 6mm, weight 9.21g. | Subjects: | scraper | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Atherton, Rachel - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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