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Description: | Flint 'thumbnail' scraper of probable Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2500 - 1500 BC). The flint flake is broad and squat being broadly oval in plan and sub-rectangular (D shaped) in cross section. It measures 20.8mm length, 19mm width, is 9mm thick and weighs 3.98 grams. Evidence for retouch or secondary working can be seen on the two sides and the front end / edge of the flake; these facets are small neat and regular. The right hand edge and tip have been worked more intensively than the left. The reverse face (ventral) has not been worked. It is likely that this scraper has been created from a selected secondary waste flake. The flint is a mid grey colour with a slight abraded surface. Thumbnail scrapers are seen as being a utility domestic scraping tool; they frequently occur in assemblages dating to the beaker period (Late Neolithic and early Bronze Age). Flint tools from Herefordshire are relatively rare compared to other areas of the country. This flint is likely to have come from a riverine or glacial source if made locally. The reuse of waste flake for tools is relatively common in this area which suggests the importance of flint as a resource.
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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