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Description: | A complete flint scraper of Mesolithic date (9500-4500 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in profile with abruptly blunted proximal and distal ends. The flake is secondary as a small amount of cortex is retained along the right hand edge of the dorsal surface. The dorsal surface is convex and contains three predominant negative scars with corresponding arrises running longitudinally. The ventral surface is smooth and slightly concave with a small bulb of percussion situated at the proximal end. Both the left and right hand sides contain semi-abrupt retouch.The flint is a blue/cream in colour, the cortex is a dark cream.
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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