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Description: | A Mesolithic flint micro-scraper on a flake, sometimes referred to as thumbnail scrapers. The flake is short, rounded and convex. The tool is 18.6 mm from proximal to distal end and 22.5 mm wide from lateral edge to lateral edge. The striking platform is clearly visible at the butt as is the bulb of percussion and bulb scar. Cortex remains at the proximal end. The distal end has semi-abrubpt retouch which extends around the flake along both lateral sides. The flint is dark grey to brown in colour apart from the area of cortex at the butt which is a pale brown in colour.Scrapers are more common on early Mesolithic sites than those of later date (Butler 2005, 105), and this may therefore be early Mesolithic in date.
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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