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Description: | Flint double-sided thumbnail scraper that is shaped like a keyhole in plan and is convex in profile, with the bulb of percussion half way along the right side of the scraper on the ventral face. The scraper has been unimarginally retouched on the both the right and left edges of the dorsal face, after having been cut away or waisted on both edges below the reworked edge. But this implement was not waisted for hafting. The concave indentation, created by the inside of the bulb of percussion, allows the thumb to rest there and push the scraper either way. The flint is dark grey-brown in colour and translucent and is probably made from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is about 1.25:1. The scraper is typical of those from the Early Bronze Age, which ties in with the other flint and stone artefacts found nearby. Bond (2004) illustrates a double-sided scraper on page 56, Fig.5.21, No.L77 and a thumbnail scraper on page 57, Figure 5.26, No.F36, and a concave scraper on page 154, Fig.5.138, No.3, which are all dated to the Early Bronze Age.
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