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Description: | Early - middle neolithic flint D shaped or thumbnail scraper. The scraper has been formed from the proximal end of a large blade flake. It is a tertiary flake with no cortext and arrises on the dorsal face from previous removals. The distal end has been broken off in a straight edge. There is extensive retouch on both edges of both sides and around the proximal end which has removed the bulb of percussion. The retouch is long, semi-abrupt and parallel. There is an area of damage on the distal end of the right edge on the ventral side. Although the retouch form is suggestive of a later Neolithic date the use of part of a blade rather than a single short flake to form the scaper suggest an earlier Neolithic date.It is 27.3mm long, 24.8mm wide, 5.8mm thick and weighs 6.04 grams.
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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