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Description: | Two flint scrapers of probably Neolithic date.Scraper 1: Tertiary flake, bulb of percussion removed but prominent ripples on the ventral face. The dorsal face is almost completely covered in invasive shallow scalar retouch suggesting there may have been an attempt to shape this into a tool such as a discoid knife or even an arrowhead which was then abandoned. Down the right edge seen from the ventral face is short semi-abrupt scalar retouch creating a crude scraper although this edge is still irregular in shape with a projection in the centre. It is translucent dark grey-brown flint. 45.5mm long, 31.2mm wide, 6.7mm thick, 11.61 grams.Scraper 2: Oval scraper formed on a larger flake or core chunk. Highly arched dorsal face with evidence for multiple removals. There is c.5% cortex left in the centre of this face, the form suggests pebble flint. Long, parallel, semi-abrupt retouch down both sides and the distal end on the dorsal face worked from the ventral face. The ventral face is concave, the bulb is missing and percussion waves are diffuse or absent. pale grey-buff opaque flint with paler mottling. 32.5mm long, 23.5mm wide, 8.2mm thick; 8.04 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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