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Description: | An unusually large flint scraper formed on tertiary debitage flake (from the third and final phase of tool making) dating from the later Neolithic or Bronze Age period (3500-2100 BC). The scraper is formed from an oval shaped flake of poor quality flint. The ventral face shows conchoidal ripples and the bulb of percussion . The dorsal face has a number of irregular and regular flake scars. Both long edge has been crudely reworked / retouched with small irregular flakes creating by direct percussion creating a poor cutting / scraping serrated edge. Modern abrasion / plough roll has removed some of this. The retouching of the edges is limited to the dorsal face only. The flake is a mid mottled grey colour within an even patina. This example is much larger than most examples of reused waste flakes found in the county.This scraper measures 57.7mm length, 42.3mm width, is 12.5mm thick and weighs 29.7 grams
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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