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Description: | Flint pebble scraper, ovoid in plan and plano convex in profile. Two thirds of the dorsal side surface is cortex. The distal end has one large flake removed and is sharp edged. The right margin has some abrasion. On the ventral side the distal end has a bulb of percussion with some small flake removal together with a snapped section. The right margin has a serrated sharp edge.The flint is dark brown black in tone with a dark beige coloured secondary cortex similar in appearance to Beer Head flint.Butler (2005) illustrates a similar example on page 166, Fig. 70, No. 11 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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