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Description: | Flint scraper, ovoid in plan and lozenge shaped in profile. On the dorsal side the distal end is retouched save for the right end which is pitted and possibly heat blistered. The proximal end has been retouched. On the ventral side the distal end and upper left margin are abraded and spalled. The lower left and right margins are snapped. On the mesial upper end there is a small circular fracture with a convex centre.The flint is very dark brown in tone. The secondary cortex occurs in two areas and is dark beige in colouring.Mercer (1981) illustrates a similar example on page 133, Fig. 58, No. L. 134 which is dated to the Neolithic period.
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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