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Description: | This is a very nicely crafted, small lithic thumb nail scraper of probable Neolithic date. The flake is near circular in shape with a horseshoe working edge. The proximal end has no clear platform but there is a diffuse bulb of percussion to the ventral face with conchoidal ripples running down to the distal edge.The dorsal surface has a single ridge with a negative scar running diagonally across the back. The working edge has then been knapped and defined by approximately 20 pressure, or soft hammer flutes/channel flakes. That edge has then been further re-touched. It has a thick cross section and a relatively steep edge angle.The material is light grey with one small darker spot running through the piece. There is no remaining cortex.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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