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Description: | Flint scraper, sub triangular in plan and slightly curved-lozenge shape in profile. The dorsal side has a convex surface with two parallel mesial ridges. The distal end is serrated, steep-edged and part snapped and part flaked. The proximal end is broken edged. The left margin is sharp edged and the right margin serrated. The ventral side has a concave surface with retouch scarring on the distal end. There is serration on the left margin.The flint has dull orange yellow tones with some cream flecks in colouring.Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 132, Fig. 5.118, No. F.3 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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