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Description: | Flint scraper, circular in plan and semi-circular in profile and section. The distal end and lateral margins have been unifacially retouched on the dorsal face. The proximal end of the dorsal face is still covered in cortex, suggesting that this is a secondary flake. The ventral face preserves the smooth conchoidal fractures rippling away from the snapped off bulb of percussion at the distal end.
The flint is a mottled light grey to white colour, probably made from a local beach pebble, with some iron staining on the dorsal face. The length to breadth ratio is almost 1:1.
Bond illustrates a similar example on page 56, Fig.5.24, No.L40, and another example from a Beaker site from Bradley (1970) on page 145, Fig.5.131, No.9. | 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: | Anna Tyacke | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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