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Description: | Three possible thumbnail scrapers, probably of very late Neolithic to Bronze Age date (2500-1500 BC). 14.1 grams in total.a. Formed on part of a flake with bulb of percussion and striking platform removed. The ventral face is plain with few ripples. The dorsal face and left edge is covered in cortex apart from areas of retouch. The curved right edge forms the scraper with long scalar semi-abrupt retouch. Medium to dark grey flint with pale mottling, 6.4 grams.b. Formed on the distal end of a larger flake, the proximal end and bulb have been removed by a snap. The left proximal corner is also broken by a snap but the reminder of the left edge, distal and right edge on the dorsal face have been formed into an even curve with long, shallow semi-parallel retouch, shorter at the distal end and more invasive down the sides. Formed on pale grey flint, 2.8 grams.c. The proximal end of the flake is broken although part of the bulb of percussion remains. Arises on the dorsal face suggest the core was worked from multiple directions. The distal end and edges have been formed into an even curve with short, scalar, semi-abrupt retouch around the most of this edge. Formed on medium-dark grey flint with paler mottling. 4.92 grams.
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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