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Description: | Flint thumbnail (horseshoe) scraper of later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2300 -1800BC). The scraper is formed from a mottled grey brown coloured piece of flint with a relatively uniform matrix. It is created from a tertiary flake (due to the size of the scraper this may originally be debitage). The ventral face shows clear evidence of the point and bulb of percussion as well as conchoidal fractures that ripple diagonally across the flake suggesting that this flake was struck transversely from a prepared nodule. The bulb has been trimmed by flaking and an area of modern damage can be seen on one of the worked edges. The dorsal face has multiple and layered series of flake facets. These are most dense around the edge where a series of neat regular well applied secondary retouch can be seen. This has been well applied and forms a slightly serrated cutting / scraping edge. The most intense reflaking can be seen on the end and one of the longer sides (left hand side), Flaking on the other two edges is present and obscured by modern plough roll on right. Little or no retouch is applied to the edges on the ventral face. This type of scraper is the most common type of tool found within flint assemblages of later Neolithic date, being a multi-function cutting and scraping tool which were infrequently hafted. This example is particularly well made with neat invasive flakes. The mottled nature of the flint has an aesthetic quality which may have been desirable to the original owner.The scraper measures 32.0mm length, 24.8mm wide, 8.0mm thick and weighs 6.89 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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