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Description: | Flint discoidal 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. There is no evidence of cortex on the surface, suggesting that this is a tertiary flake. The ventral face preserves the smooth conchoidal fractures rippling away from the snapped off bulb of percussion at the proximal end.
The flint is a mottled dark and light grey colour, probably made from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is almost 1:1.
Bond illustrates a similar discoidal scraper on page 56, Fig.5.23, No.L41, and another example from a Beaker site from Bradley (1970) on page 145, Fig.5.131, No.11, and another example from a Bronze Age site on page 151, Fig.5.135, No.F133. | 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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