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Description: | A flint scraper of probable Neolithic to early Bronze Age date.No trace of a bulb-of-percussion or ripples can be found on this implement, suggesting that it may have been made from a frost shattered flake. The tool is truncated-oval in plan, one side having been pressure flaked to create a near vertical scraping edge. This edge continues into a flaked edge of approximately 45 degrees, which cuts through the natural surface cortex, which remains across much of the rounded upper surface. Approximately two thirds of the edge of the tool show signs of having been retouched to some extent. The exposed flint has patinated to a mottled blueish-grey surface. The tool measures 30.1mm long, 33.5mm wide and 8.5mm thick. It weighs 10g.
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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