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Description: | Description by Nicholas Thomas:This is a combined end scraper and notched flake.Ther eis an end scraper at the proximal end, worked from the ventral face. It has notches on the dorsal left and right margins, both worked from the ventral face. Most of the dorsal afce is cortexed and possibly rolled. The ventral face has no cortex. There is possibly use wear at the distal end.The flint is brown in colour with grey cortex. It is probably derived from a local beach pebble by the look of its primary cortex.Mercer illustrates a similar piece on P135 Fig 59 No L147 which he dates to the Neolithic. see also Butler (2005) Fig 43, No 12 and Fig 55 No 4.
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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