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Description: | Complete flint scraper of Early Bronze Age date (2500 BC ? 1500 BC). Length 25.2mm, width 21mm and maximum thickness 6.3mm. Weight 3.90g.
This type of implement is often referred to as a ?thumbnail? scraper. It is sub-oval in plan and has been manufactured on a primary flake. The flint is a light honey colour. The ventral surface has a shiny surface and a relatively large bulb of percussion with an associated percussion scar and a number of ripples. The dorsal surface would have been completely covered in cortex prior to being re-touched to form a working edge. The cortex is largely light orange with dark grey patches. The retouch extends around most of the edges on the dorsal face, but is wider at the distal end and the right-hand side. The implement is in good condition. The main removals are abrupt, short and parallel. However, further re-touch around the base of the edges is very small and fine. | 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: | 2500
1500 | 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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