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Description: | A scraper made from high quality orange brown flint probably dating from the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. The scraper is formed on a secondary flake which has cortex on the distal left side. The scraping edge has been formed on the proximal end. However, there is also evidence of removals along the ridge on the ventral face. This may be evidence of previous working of the flint. It is suggested that when the flint was a larger piece, removals were placed along one face to encourage the flint to break there when struck. The surviving piece is the smaller discarded piece, and the other piece would have probably been worked further. Then, at a later date, this discarded piece was retrieved, and a scraping edge formed on it. The scraper is 23.5mm long, 14.1mm wide and 12.4mm thick. It weighs 3.39g.
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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