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Description: | Neolithic thumb scraper (3500 - 2100 BC).
On the ventral surface the bulb of percussion and the striking platform are not visible due to retouch, possibly indicating the multiple use of the tool. However the waves of percussion are evident and there is some possible retouch along the right mesial. The dorsal surface has been heavily retouched at the butt of the tool, which implies it was mainly used as a scraper. There is further retouch and wear on both edges of the dorsal surface giving further indication that the tool had multiple uses. Some of the natural cortex survives on the dorsal surface of the flint. | 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: | -3500
-2100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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