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Description: | A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date, circa 3500 - 2100 BC. The implement is a scraper which is sub-circular in plan with a D-shaped section. The ventral surface is smooth with ripples of percussion radiating from bulb of percussion at the butt of the implement. The dorsal surface has had some large flakes removed and displays negative scars and corresponding arises. Retouch is present along the distal edge and into the mesial portion of both sides.The flint is a mid grey colour with numerous lighter inclusions. The implement is 41.7mm long, 37.3mm wide, 9.2mm thick and weighs 17.4g.Scrapers are fairly ubiquitous throughout prehistory and are generally less chronologically distinctive than other artefact types though rounded and disc scrapers are usually attributed to the Neolithic period. Scrapers had many different functions in the Neolithic as they were very useful tools and were employed, for example, for skinning animals, removing the fatty deposit from hinds and much more.
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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