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Description: | Flint end and sidescraper, subrectangular in plan, trapezoidal in section, and triangular and arched in profile, with sub-parallel lateral margins, unimarginal worked edges on the right edge of dorsal face, and at the distal end. The right edge has been retouched to create a cutting edge with an angle of about 80?? to 90?? angle and distal end has been retouched to create an angle between 50?? and 60??, which makes the edge effective for scraping but not acute enough to accidentally cut or slice the material being worked. The ventral side bears a long line of parallel scarring, running the length of the face. Flakes had previously been removed from the ventral face and the right edge of the ventral face, which is unworked, so that this tool may have initially been a core.
The colour of the flint is a mottled mid to dark grey. There is some discolouration of the flint from iron staining on the surface of both faces. The ratio of length to breadth is about 2:1.
Bond (2004) illustrates a similar 'prepared piece' from Clark (1960) on page 132, Figure 5.118, No.F23; and two similar scrapers, one on page 126, Fig.5.113, Riley Type 8, which is dated from the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age; and the other on page 137, Fig.5.124, No.F18, which is dated to the Neolithic. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tyacke, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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