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Description: | Later neolithic horseshoe scraper. The scraper is almost circular in plan with a straighter proximal end. It comes from a secondary flake, exidence of earlier flake removal can be seen on the upper, dorsal face but about 5% cortext remains. The lower, ventral face has a prominent bulb of percussion and no retouch. The striking platform is slightly damaged but the flake appears to have been struk at c.80 degrees to the core. There is retouch along the distal edge od the upper, dorsal face extending to the middle of the left and right edges. This retouch is semi abrupt, short, parallel and continous. The scraper is 37.5mm long, 39.4mm wide, 8.3mm thick (including the bulb of percussion) and weighs 14.1g.While semi-circular scrapers are found though out the Neolithic this large, horseshoe type are commonly late Neolithic (2500-2100BC).
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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