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Description: | Flint side scraper, sub-oval in plan, triangular in section and semi-circular in profile. The proximal end and both margins of the dorsal face have been unimarginally worked, while part of the dorsal face and the distal end are covered in cortex. The distal end has been snapped off, creating a step fracture or hinge termination. The force of the hammer blow has turned the flake away from the core, causing it to terminate short and hinge outwards from the flake bed.
The flint is a mottled brown to dark grey colour and the length to breadth ratio is about 5:6. The colour and size suggest that the scraper was made from a local beach pebble.
Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 158, Fig.5.140, No.2, which is dated to the Beaker period. | 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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