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Description: | 5 scrapers
Early Bronze Age
Largest, Length 24mm, width 24mm, depth 9mm
Smallest, Length 13mm, width 20mm, depth 7mm
1, Double side scraper. Bulb of percussion on the ventral. Abrupt, steeped, direct retouch down both sides, cortex covers most of the dorsal. Mid grey colour with darker mottling.
2, semi-circular scraper. Remains of the base of the bulb of percussion on the ventral. Abrupt, steeped, direct retouch down both sides and around the top edge, rounding off these faces. Light brown colour with darker patches.
3, End scraper. The ventral is covered by flaking scars. On the dorsal the right side is steep/abrupt, whilst the left has a low angle. Retouch on the end, which is abrupt with steeped, short, direct flaking scars. Light grey patina, with mid grey mottling, where the artefact has been retouched it has removed the original patina exposing a mid grey flint.
4, Side and end scraper. Flaking scars cover much of the ventral and the whole of the dorsal. The right edge appears to be frost damaged, whilst the left edge is crossed abrupt. Dark grey colour with lighter grey mottling.
5, Thumbnail scraper. Flaking scars due to forming the artefact cover the whole of ventral, the dorsal is covered by flaking scars that are the result of damage. Curved retouched edge runs around the left end and right sides, this edge is bifacial, abrupt on the dorsal, low angled on the ventral and steeped. mid grey patina with lighter and creamy patches. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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