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Description: | A complete Neolithic flint side-end scraper (3500 BC-2100 BC).The scraper is manufactured on secondary flake and has no striking platform. The dorsal face has seven major flake scars and an area of buff cortex at the distal end. At the distal end and sides it has been worked to form a cutting edge. The removals are steep and sub-parallel at the end and variable along the sides. The ventral face has a percussion scar and the surface is matt and featureless.The implement varies between dark and light grey.Height: 60.64mm; width: 41.83mm; thickness: 18.43mm. Weight: 47.56g.See Butler 2005: 127.
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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