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Description: | Flint flake with cortex edge retouched to form scraper edge. Thinned on dorsal side to provide grip for using scraper. The right hand edge has been chipped, dorsal view. There is natural abrasion at proximal. The ventral face is smooth and flat. A considerable amount of the cortex remains on the dorsal side of the flakeThe flint is of a uniform brown colour and was likely derived from a local beach pebble.Mercer [1981] illustrates a similar example on page 133, fig 58 No.L133 which is dated to the Neolithic.
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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