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Description: | Flint discoidal scraper, tear-shaped in plan and plano-convex in profile and section. The distal end and the lateral margins have been unimarginally retouched on the dorsal face. There is a hinge fracture running along half of the the right margin of the dorsal face which has been retouched on the lower 'backed' edge for handling or hafting purposes. There is a layer of cortex on the proximal end of the scraper, suggesting that this is a secondary flake.The flint is a translucent grey-brown colour, probably made from a local beach pebble, and the length to breadth ratio is almost 3:2.Bond illustrates a similar discoidal scraper from a Beaker site from Bradley (1970) on page 145, Fig.5.131, No.11, and another example from a Bronze Age site on page 151, Fig.5.135, No.F134.
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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