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Description: | Complete flint scraper of Neolithic or Bronze Age date (4500 BC ? 700 BC). Length 46mm, width 37mm and 9.2mm thick. Weight 17.79g. Produced on a tertiary flake, the ventral surface has an indistinct bulb of percussion. The dorsal surface has three larger removals and the edges have been retouched. The right edge has longer removals than on the left hand edge. The removals of the retouch are mainly semi-abrupt and scaled. Mid-way along the left side (with the proximal end at the bottom) is a small protrusion which appears to have been deliberately created. This anomalous feature may have functioned as an alternative tool, possibly a borer. Both surfaces of the flint are pale mottled grey colour. The implement is in good condition. | 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 | Temporal: | -4500
-700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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