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Description: | A complete Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint end-scraper (2500 BC-1500 BC).The scraper is manufactured on secondary flake. About 70% of the dorsal face has buff/off-white cortex. It has a flake scar at the proximal end where a striking platform is situated. At the distal end of the dorsal face it has been worked and has semi-abrupt, short to medium scaled removals. The ventral face has a large bulb of percussion and two large flake removals.The flint is shiny and has a reddish tinge.Length: 44.38mm; width: 43.13mm; thickness: 15.88mm. Weight: 30.21g.See Butler 2005: 166, fig. 70.
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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