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Description: | A complete Early Neolithic end scraper (3500 BC-2900 BC).This implement has been made on a long tertiary flake and is sub-triangular in plan. The ventral surface is slightly concave in side view and has a bulb of percussion and percussion scar at the proximal end. It has ripples at the proximal end but none at the distal end. The dorsal surface has three major vertical blade removals and the arrises are sharp. At the distal end of the dorsal face it has been knapped to form a steep working edge. Here the removals are abrupt and parallel.The surfaces are mid-grey with creamy mottling. No indication of gloss.58.7 x 35.4 x 16.9mm. Weight: 28.39g.A similar end scraper has been published and dated to the Early Neolithic period (Butler 2005: 125, fig. 50, ref: 5).
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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