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Description: | Flint scraper of probably Neolithic date. It has a prominent bulb of percussion on the ventral side and has been struck off a prepared platform. The dorsal face is covered with shallow semi-parallel removals some of which are probably from previous flake removals but some appear to be later removals, probably to smooth sharp ridges. Around all the edges is retouch and use damage including on the edge by the striking platform. The possible damage is very short, scalar and semi-abrupt. There is a small area of invasive, parallel, retouch on the distral right corner on the dorsal face creating a good scraping edge; the edge by this retouch is also damaged by by usewear or later retouch. Down the right edge on the ventral face is some short scalar retouch creating a sharp edge. The flint dark grey to black with some paler patches. It is 47.7mm long, 42.0mm wide, 13.9mm thick and weighs 32.89 grams.The combination of some good parallel retouch to creat a scraping edge and some more casual scalar retouch creating sharp but irregular edges may suggest a scraper that was re-touched and re-used, partly as a cutting tool. The general form and quality suggests a Neolithic 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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