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Description: | Flint discoidal scraper, sub-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 proximal end has been waisted slightly around the bulb and both margins either side of the bulb have been worked on both faces, creating a short tang. This suggests that the scraper may have been hafted to a handle attached to the tang at this end.The flint is a mottled light to dark grey colour, probably made from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is about 5:4.Bond illustrates a similar discoidal scraper 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.F134.
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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