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Description: | Flint thumbnail scraper, circular in plan and plano-convex in profile and section. The distal end and lateral margins have been unimarginally retouched on the dorsal face. The proximal end has been narrowed by indenting reworking both lateral margins from the dorsal face, perhaps for hafting purposes. The dorsal face is still covered in cortex, suggesting that this is a secondary flake. The ventral face preserves the smooth conchoidal fractures rippling away from the snapped off bulb of percussion at the proximal end.
The flint is a light grey colour with an orange iron-stained ventral face, and was probably made from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is 1:1.
Bond illustrates a similar example on page 57, Fig.5.26, No.F36, and another example from a Beaker site from Bradley (1970) on page 145, Fig.5.131, No.6. | 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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