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Description: | Flint end-scraper of probable Late Mesolithic or Early Neolithic date (7000 BC - 3000 BC). Length 58mm, width 20mm and 7.2mm thick. Weight 9.46g.The scraper is formed on a long creamy grey patinated blade. The ventral surface is plain and relatively flat and instead of a bulb of percussion being present, there is a large percussion scar. The ventral surface has a mesial ridge along the distal half and two arrises at the proximal end. These features were formed by the detachment of blades. The distal end has been retouched to form a working edge and the removals here are at an abrupt angle and extend around to the ventral surface. This working edge is very worn but is not "glossy". The left and right edges of the dorsal surface have been retouched in an irregular fashion. However, the morphology of the removals on a short length of the left side is sub-parallel. This retouch along each edge may have been created to blunt the sharpness in order to prevent injury to the user. Alternatively, the retouch along the edges may have formed a "grip" for hafting a handle.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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