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Description: | A lithic thumb scraper of Neolithic date designed to be held between your thumb and forefinger. The object is oval in shape with a D-shaped section. The edges appear to show signs of being worked. The dorsal surface is flat and the worked edge is quite steep. The striking platform and bulb of percussion no longer seem to remain however evidence of ripples of percussion can still be seen.The flint is a mid whitish-grey colour with some lighter inclusions. One side has a small amount of cortex re-growth. The scraper is 29.8mm long, 27.7mm wide, 7.7mm thick and weighs 6.6g.Scrapers like this would have had many different functions in the Neolithic, as they were very useful tools, used for example for skinning animals, removing the fatty deposited from hinds and much more.
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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