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Description: | A complete Early Neolithic flint scraper (3500 BC-2900 BC).The implement is an end 'horseshoe' scraper. It is sub-circular in plan and has been made on a large rounded flake. The ventral surface has a bulb of percussion with related ripples and percussion scars. There are three major flake removals on the dorsal surface. The sides and the distal end of the dorsal surface have been retouched and the removals here are scaled, abrupt and semi-abrupt (steeper at the end). At the proximal end there is a flat are of buff cortex which forms a 'striking platform'.The surfaces are coloured grey and creamy, mottled in places.Height: 56.6mm; width: 60.9mm; thickness: 13.5mm. Weight: 59.83g.A similar scraper has been published and dated (Butler 2005: 125, fig. 51, ref: 8).
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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