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Description: | Flint scraper formed on secondary debitage (from the second phase of tool making) dating from the Neolithic period (3500-2100 BC). The scraper is formed from a squat irregular flake, the ventral face shows conchoidal ripples but the striking platform, point and bulb of percussion have been removed through snapping . The dorsal face has a large area of cortex; two small areas on either side have had the cortex knapped away and have been retouched with small neat regular flakes creating a cutting / scraping serrated edge. One edge is retouched on both ventral and dorsal faces whilst the other is solely on the dorsal face. The purpose of reworking such a poor piece of flint seems crazy - but then it is the Marches where flint sources are poor. It is likely that this reworking of such a poor piece of debitage would have been for single use and disposed of fairly soon after creation.This scraper measures 21.3mm length, 21.2mm width, is 10.7mm thick and weighs 6.08 grams | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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